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21 Apr 2014, 2:03 pm
Cir. 2014) In a post on the Patent Ethics site, Professor Hricik highlights this case with the following headline: CAFC Affirms Adverse Inference Instruction Due to Spoliation. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 2:01 pm
” Second, the court rejected the argument that adding Schmidt's claim for spoliation would bias the jury against DaimlerChrysler to a greater extent than “any adverse inference instruction that is often a sanction award for spoliation of evidence. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 9:02 am
Menges’ post-accident back surgery or obtain an adverse jury instruction because Mr. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 7:00 am
Oct. 21, 2009): The relevant circuit for this court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has not definitively addressed whether a finding of bad faith is required before a court can find spoliation or impose an adverse inference or other sanction. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 12:42 am
Judge Illston refused to go beyond the evidentiary inference, despite request by the plaintiffs for additional sanctions and summary judgment based on spoliation of evidence. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 11:54 am
There, the court sanctioned Kolon for intentionally deleting emails and files from computers by giving the jury an instruction that Kolon’s spoliation conduct may create an adverse inference against Kolon (e.g., that the spoliated evidence would have supported the misappropriation claims against Kolon). [read post]
8 Aug 2013, 12:53 pm
” Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge recommended that Defendant be ordered to pay monetary sanctions equaling $35,000, to compensate for both “some” of Plaintiff’s fees and costs in bringing its spoliation motion and for Plaintiff’s “increased expenses in conducting discovery and proceeding in this litigation without the spoliated evidence” and also recommended the imposition of an irrefutable adverse inference at… [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 5:22 pm
Noting that “[a] proper spoliation sanction should serve both fairness and punitive functions”, the court found that default judgment was not warranted “because a less drastic measure will address the spoliation” and ordered an adverse inference instruction instead. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 3:41 pm
Rattray sought an adverse inference. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 6:53 am
Given the circumstances, Judge Treadwell said he would instruct the jury to draw an “adverse inference” that the defendant destroyed evidence “in bad faith. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 4:35 am
Faruqi sexual harassment trial: Judge Alvin Hellerstein has denied Alexandra Marchuk’s request for an adverse inference instruction based on Faruqi’s destruction of the alleged blood-stained carpet in Juan Monteverde’s office. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 9:12 pm
Plaintiffs moved for terminating sanctions or, in the alternative, for lesser sanctions in the form of adverse inference instructions and an order precluding defendants from relying on spoliated evidence. [read post]
2 Sep 2007, 11:17 am
A party seeking sanctions for spoliation has the burden of proving that the alleged spoliator had an obligation to preserve evidence, acted culpably in destroying it, and that the evidence would have been relevant to the aggrieved party's case. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 10:00 pm
However, the judge denied the plaintiffs request for summary judgment, granting an adverse inference instruction instead. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:30 am
Airstop, 183 Va. 23, 25 (1944)(defendant’s failure to perform requested autopsy permitted inference the results would be adverse). [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 7:11 am
If such a defense is found to be warranted, a court may grant a party an adverse inference jury instruction at trial stating that the jury may infer from the opposing party's failure to preserve the black box information that such information would have been adverse to that party's position. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 6:00 am
2003) (although audio tape recordings were destroyed prior to the litigation as a matter or routine subject to the destruction policy, the adverse inference jury instruction spoliation sanction was affirmed as voice recordings were related to the litigation and lawsuit was certain to arise rendering destruction unreasonable and inferring intent.); In re Prudential Ins. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 10:19 pm
As a result, the defendants were subjected to sanctions including an award of attorneys’ fees and an adverse inference jury charge. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 10:15 pm
First, a court can give an adverse inference jury instruction that allows the jury to infer that the evidence destroyed would have been unfavorable to the liable party. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 2:16 pm
Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for an adverse inference was denied. [read post]
