Court Opinion

ID: 9679691
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:02:35.545651+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:18.187496
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HOLSTEIN, Judge,
concurring.
I agree fully with the majority opinion, but would add that the trial court’s exclusion of evidence presented by Michelin relating to the design specifications of the accident tire was not error. Decisions on the admission or exclusion of evidence which are correct should not be reversed on appeal because such rulings are justified by the trial court for a wrong or insufficient reason. Sampson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 560 S.W.2d 573, 586 (Mo. banc 1978).
I would hold that once the defendant invoked the limited privilege of trade secret to preclude the discovery of design specifications of an allegedly defective tire, the trial court had the power to prohibit the defendant from changing its position and producing evidence of the design specifications of the accident tire at trial to its benefit. See State ex rel. Pulliam v. Swink, 514 S.W.2d 559, 561 (Mo. banc 1974).