CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York permitted a BMW driver to bring photographs of his injury in his product liability lawsuit against the German auto maker, whose 2013 BMW X5 allegedly severed a portion of the driver’s thumb when its automatic door-closing technology activated when it shouldn’t have. BMW is allowed to bring evidence that other factors caused the injury, but not evidence that it generally complies with unrelated federal safety regulations.
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