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31 Jan 2012, 10:06 am by K&L Gates
Instead, noting that this was not a case in which the spoliation left the defendant unable to defend against plaintiff’s allegations, the court ordered an adverse inference instruction to be given at trial (provided plaintiff survived summary judgment) and that plaintiff pay the fees and costs associated with defendant’s motion for sanctions. [read post]
16 May 2007, 3:57 am
Because of her spoliation of relevant evidence, the District Court granted Target an adverse inference instruction -- that is, at trial the jury would be permitted to infer from Teague's destruction of evidence that any such evidence that would have been found on the computer would have favored Target. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 8:06 am by Dean Gonsowski
In Danny Lynn Electrical the plaintiff sought sanctions against the defendant for the spoliation of electronic evidence, including the usual blend of monetary sanctions, adverse evidentiary inferences and the striking of affirmative defenses. [read post]
12 Jan 2010, 8:59 am by Wendy Akbar
Finally, most courts state that negligence is not enough all alone To find adverse inference -- intentional spoliation must be shown. [read post]
20 Jan 2009, 8:14 am
  The only bright spot for defendants on the e-discovery front was that the court denied the plaintiffs' motions for adverse inference instructions, solely on the grounds that defendants' victory on the merits mooted that issue. [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 11:12 am by Melissa E. Scott
Finally, the district court concluded that an adverse inference jury instruction was insufficient to remedy the harm because Defendants’ spoliation had deprived QueTel of its ability to pursue its copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 6:25 am by Joy Waltemath
The court reserved for trial the decision on whether an adverse inference jury instruction was warranted for spoliation of an HR rep’s notes (Tipp v. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 8:54 am by K&L Gates
 Accordingly, the court ordered that an adverse inference instruction be given to the jury at trial. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 11:34 am
The court rejected a number of plaintiffs’ requested sanctions as dispositive, “a result that would go far beyond simply restoring Plaintiffs to the same position they would have been in had there been no spoliation of evidence,” but granted an adverse instruction as to several issues and precluded defendants from challenging plaintiffs’ statistical evidence “on the grounds that it did not accurately reflect pre-spoliation… [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 4:30 am
  She sought an order prohibiting the Red Cross from introducing evidence that it provided proper aftercare, as well as an instruction allowing the jury to infer negligence by the Red Cross due to its spoliation of evidence. [read post]
31 May 2011, 4:11 am by Fernando M. Pinguelo
Numerex sought an adverse inference instruction on the grounds that Orbit One and Rosen were responsible for the spoliation of ESI. [read post]
1 May 2012, 11:13 am by Lysander Johnson
Instead, the doctrine of “adverse inference/rebuttable presumption” is applied, by which it’s inferred that the party which destroyed evidence believes they would have been harmed by its admission, and has thus benefited, or attempted to benefit, from that destruction. [read post]
1 May 2012, 11:13 am by Lysander Johnson
Instead, the doctrine of “adverse inference/rebuttable presumption” is applied, by which it’s inferred that the party which destroyed evidence believes they would have been harmed by its admission, and has thus benefited, or attempted to benefit, from that destruction. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 12:29 pm by Kevin H. Gilmore
Even then, the court must also find that the requesting party was actually prejudiced or, if serious sanctions like an adverse inference of a claim dismissal or default judgment are sought, that the spoliating party intended to deprive its adversary of the missing ESI. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 12:29 pm by Kevin H. Gilmore
Even then, the court must also find that the requesting party was actually prejudiced or, if serious sanctions like an adverse inference of a claim dismissal or default judgment are sought, that the spoliating party intended to deprive its adversary of the missing ESI. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 12:29 pm by Kevin H. Gilmore
Even then, the court must also find that the requesting party was actually prejudiced or, if serious sanctions like an adverse inference of a claim dismissal or default judgment are sought, that the spoliating party intended to deprive its adversary of the missing ESI. [read post]
As we previously discussed, adverse inference sanctions are just one of the many tools at the disposal of the agencies and courts if preservation is not properly conducted—and a motion for sanctions is not the time to start thinking about preservation. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 9:30 am by Jay Yurkiw
In a patent and trademark infringement case, the court ordered an adverse inference jury instruction and monetary sanctions against the defendants for the spoliation of evidence. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 3:28 pm by Edward X. Clinton, Jr.
"Here, in addition to sanctions (legal fees) the court also gave the Plaintiff an adverse inference instruction as set forth in this quote:"Specifically, the magistrate judge recommended: (1) that United be awarded fees and expenses incurred in bringing and prosecuting the sanctions motion; (2) that Defendants be precluded from introducing any evidence related to data that was on the server and that cannot be found elsewhere; (3) that an adverse… [read post]