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HOFFMAN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. C5-98-949.

587 N.W.2d 66 (1998)

Daniel HOFFMAN, et al., Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Lulic, Hanson, Lulic & Krall, Minneapolis, MN (for appellants).

Wayne D. Struble, Bowman and Brooke, LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Robert Whitney, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI (for respondent).

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, P.J., and CRIPPEN and KLAPHAKE, JJ.

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

Appellants Daniel and Barbara Hoffman asserted claims of defective manufacture and breach of warranty against respondent Ford Motor Company as a result of a fire allegedly caused by their 1993 Ford Taurus. The trial court bifurcated the trial and first heard evidence as to notice, spoliation, and prejudice. After the first phase of the bifurcated trial, the court found that Daniel Hoffman's telephone call to the dealer from whom...

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