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2 Apr 2013, 2:16 pm by Peter Steinmeyer
” Accordingly, the Court granted the defendants’ request for an “adverse inference” jury instruction due to the plaintiff’s failure to preserve his Facebook account. [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 1:16 pm by Peter (Pete) A. Steinmeyer
” Accordingly, the Court granted the defendants’ request for an “adverse inference” jury instruction due to the plaintiff’s failure to preserve his Facebook account. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 4:20 am by Lorene Park
As the following cases show, sanctions often involve more than money, and can include formal reprimands, denial of pending motions, adverse inference jury instructions, and more. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 11:28 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
§ 285.Of the first issue:ASUS appeals from the district court’s imposition of an adverse inference sanction for spoliation of evidence. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 10:24 pm by Barry Barnett
For this reason, the denial of Grosdidier’s request for an adverse spoliation inference was harmless error. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 11:35 am by Peg Koesel
” Instead, the court’s sanction combined denial of the bank’s summary judgment motion, which relied in part upon the spoliated data, with imposition of a permissive adverse inference. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 7:53 am by emagraken
 The Plaintiff argued that the vehicle was prematurely destroyed and an adverse inference should be drawn that no mechanical failure took place. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:00 am by Kenneth J. Vanko
And it clearly accepted the adverse inference instruction the district court gave it.The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment that forfeited Murley's $735,000 severance pay for the improper disclosure. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:00 am by Jason M. Knott
  Spoliation can have very serious consequences, including a court-imposed “adverse inference” instruction. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 9:08 am by Docket Navigator
The deterrent effect of an adverse jury instruction is 'limited in scope' because of the uncertainty as to whether a jury would draw an inference against the spoliator. . . . [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 8:52 am by K&L Gates
  Accordingly, the court found that “an adverse instruction at trial w[ould] be appropriate in this case” and also ordered Defendant to pay $10,000 in monetary sanctions “to represent the additional litigation efforts needed by [Plaintiff] to address the spoliation issues. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 9:08 am by Jeff Vail
App. 1998), the court affirmed an order imposing sanctions and granting adverse inference instructions at trial due to failure to produce computers for inspection and subsequent spoliation when the party then disposed of the computers in question. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 4:31 am by admin
Failure to preserve evidence after being put on notice to do so may result in spoliation sanctions including admission or exclusion of evidence,  an adverse inference jury instruction, and in federal court, the striking of the answer. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 8:27 am by K&L Gates
”  Thus, Defendants sought production of those documents to remediate the spoliation, in addition to more drastic sanctions (e.g. an adverse inference and/or dismissal of claims). [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 3:54 am by Rob Robinson
Chase LLC -  http://bit.ly/SSv96a (Todd Ohlms, Joseph Fogel) Failing to Preserve:  Apple, Samsung Narrowly Escape Adverse Inference Instruction - http://bit.ly/RuTGtt (Michael Kozubek) Five Questions with Ralph Losey about the New eDiscovery Best Practices (EDBP) Model for Attorneys – http://bit.ly/SXuNJ4 (Dean Gonsowski) Five Reasons to Outsource Litigation Support - http://bit.ly/StFgvy (Ralph Losey) How to Preserve Data When You… [read post]
17 Oct 2012, 5:14 am by Rob Robinson
’” http://bit.ly/PzubMg (@LexisNexis) Spoliation: Negligence Suffices for, But Does Not Require, Adverse Inference in Sixth Circuit - http://bit.ly/PBEa3G (Gregory Joseph) The Email Pyramid - http://bit.ly/RAYTUv (Mark Mandel) The Use of Illegally Obtained Evidence - http://bit.ly/Qm5r6p (Joel Cohen) Technology-Assisted Review: Four Key Questions - http://bit.ly/RxIIHA (Joe Garber) Who Owns Social Media… [read post]
16 Oct 2012, 2:15 pm by K&L Gates
”  Recognizing that it was “unlikely” that relevant documents were destroyed, the court nonetheless allowed depositions to be taken at Plaintiff’s expense and indicated its potential willingness to issue an adverse inference instruction or to dismiss some or all of Plaintiff’s claims if it was determined that spoliation occurred.Defendants filed a motion to compel Plaintiff to conduct a forensic examination of its own computer… [read post]
14 Oct 2012, 9:51 am by Stephen Bilkis
In sum, the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in striking the Hospital’s answer and, instead, should have imposed the lesser sanction of an adverse inference charge at trial with respect to the subject fetal heart monitoring data. [read post]