Opinion ID: 161326
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Heading: claim against motorola

Text: 53 Finally, NESCO contends the trial court erred in allowing Ronan to cross-examine Charles Nance about NESCO's lawsuit against Motorola. NESCO argues mention of the suit against Motorola was unfairly prejudicial to its case and posed a danger of distracting the jury from the true issues at hand. However, the disputed questions came in response to Mr. Nance's assertion that he did not blame Motorola for the problems that occurred in the Tinker project. See App., vol. II, at 363. In the face of that assertion, it was appropriate for Ronan to point out that NESCO had, indeed, blamed Motorola for its problems. Moreover, the court was careful to limit the scope of the Motorola questions, and the cross-examination moved on to other topics after a single question. See id. at 364-66. The district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the Motorola question.