Case Name: Garland REYNOLDS, Jr., As Administrator of the Estate of Matthew John Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., Individually and as Husband of Bonnie J. Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-08-05
Citations: 390 F. App'x 961
Docket Number: No. 08-16182
Parties: Garland REYNOLDS, Jr., As Administrator of the Estate of Matthew John Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., Individually and as Husband of Bonnie J. Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 390
Pages: 961–962

Head Matter:
Garland REYNOLDS, Jr., As Administrator of the Estate of Matthew John Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., as Surviving Parent of Matthew John Reynolds, Garland Reynolds, Jr., Individually and as Husband of Bonnie J. Reynolds, Bonnie J. Reynolds, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-16182.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 5, 2010.
Robert B. Friedman, W. Ray Persons, Chilton Davis Varner, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Eileen Penner, Mayer Brown LLP, Jack Wilson, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.
Norwood S. Wilner, Wilner Block, P.A., Aaron Metcalf, Spohrer Wilner, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Josh B. Wages, Andrew J. Hill, III, Henry G. Garrard, III, Blasin-game, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
After a jury verdict for the Reynolds in a products liability case arising out of a rollover in a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer, General Motors Corporation ("GM") appealed.
The issues presented on appeal are:
(1) Whether the district court erred by instructing the jury on crashworthiness.
(2) "Whether the district court erred in denying GM's motion for judgment as a matter of law on the plaintiffs' stability claim.
(3) "Whether the district court erred in denying GM's motion for judgment as a matter of law on the plaintiffs' failure-to-waim claim.
(4) "Whether the district court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of seat-belt nonuse.
(5) "Whether the district court abused its discretion by admitting a video showing driving tests.
(6) "Whether the district court abused its discretion by excluding video clips of, and prohibiting cross-examination regarding, other driving tests conducted by the same driver.
Several standards of review govern this appeal. Although we review jury instructions de novo to determine whether they misstate the law or mislead the jury to the prejudice of the objecting party, the district court is afforded wide discretion with respect to the instructions' style and wording as long as the instructions accurately reflect the law. See Morgan v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc., 551 F.3d 1233, 1283 (11th Cir.2008). We review de novo a district court's decision to deny a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law and to instead submit the issue to a jury. See Abel v. Dubberly, 210 F.3d 1334, 1337 (11th Cir.2000). A district court's eviden-tiary rulings are reviewed for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Henderson, 409 F.3d 1293, 1297 (11th Cir.2005).
After reading the parties' briefs, reviewing the record, and having the benefit of oral argument, we affirm. The crashwor-thiness instruction was an accurate statement of Georgia law, and the instruction was not so misleading as to prejudice GM. In light of the evidence presented at trial, the district court did not err in submitting the stability and failure-to-warn claims to the jury.
With respect to the claimed evidentiary errors, we are not persuaded that any of the challenged decisions amounted to an abuse of discretion. The exclusion of seat-belt nonuse was consistent with O.C.G.A. § 40-8-76.1 and due process. GM has not carried its burden of showing that there was no competent evidence to support the district court's determination that the test video was properly authenticated. Finally, the district court properly exercised its discretion in excluding evidence related to the tipping of other vehicles, because the introduction of such evidence likely would have led to extensive discussion of collateral matters and confused the jury.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.