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18 Feb 2016, 9:22 am
Based on this finding, the trial court struck the answer of the subsidiary and imposed a trial adverse inference sanction against the parent company with regard to that ESI. [read post]
17 Sep 2019, 2:33 am
Respondent sought the entry of judgment or, alternatively, an adverse inference regarding the content of the lost Instagram posts. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 11:54 am
The magistrate judge recommended against severe sanctions (the striking of defenses or adverse inferences) because the evidence failed to show the plaintiff was prejudiced by the loss email communications. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 7:58 pm
This rule had made it too easy for a party to play “gotcha” and obtain an adverse inference instruction that may have been unwarranted. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 3:08 pm
If a party fails to preserve evidence but the party did not act intentionally or recklessly, the fact-finder may still draw an inference adverse to the party that failed to preserve the evidence. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 1:42 pm
The Copurt has expanded the remedies available to courts dealing with spoliating defendants by permitting the use of discovery sanctions and adverse inferences, see Rosenblit v. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 9:34 am
The trial court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for an adverse inference charge at trial as a sanction for its spoliation of evidence. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 5:30 am
This time, the court addressed a Motion In Limine filed by the Plaintiff for spoliation sanctions in the form of an adverse inference charge and preclusion of testimony and evidence relating to the failure to retain Defendant, Nicole Tomlinson’s cell phone records. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 10:44 am
P. 37(e), which requires a finding of intent to deprive before an adverse inference may be ordered. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 7:53 am
The Plaintiff argued that the vehicle was prematurely destroyed and an adverse inference should be drawn that no mechanical failure took place. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 10:29 am
While noting that, in some instances, the production of copies of records, rather than the original documents, may constitute spoliation where the original document contains relevant evidence that is not available in the copies, the appellate court ruled that, under the circumstances presented in this case, an adverse inference sanction, albeit still harsh, would have been a more appropriate sanction under the circumstances. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 3:13 pm
” While the Court ruled that the plaintiffs’ spoliation did not justify defendants’ motion for an adverse inference, the Court required the payment of the defendants’ costs, including their reasonable attorneys’ fees, in connection with the motion, and further imposed a fine in the amount of $25,000 payable to the Court’s clerk. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 11:14 am
Peck granted plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions in the form of an adverse inference instruction and awarded plaintiffs their costs and attorneys'... [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 3:50 pm
Finding that plaintiffs failed to show that crucial evidence was destroyed in bad faith, as is required for an adverse inference in the 11th Circuit, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions.Defendants manufactured Zylon, a product used by plaintiffs and other manufacturers in the production of body armor. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 2:01 pm
In less egregious circumstances, where a party destroys evidence inadvertently or unintentionally, the judge will generally allow an “adverse inference” jury instruction. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 2:01 pm
In less egregious circumstances, where a party destroys evidence inadvertently or unintentionally, the judge will generally allow an “adverse inference” jury instruction. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 2:01 pm
In less egregious circumstances, where a party destroys evidence inadvertently or unintentionally, the judge will generally allow an “adverse inference” jury instruction. [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 10:17 am
Accordingly, even assuming [Defendant] was under a duty to preserve when Hashad's custodial documents were destroyed, a spoliation inference would not be appropriate. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 3:01 pm
Finding that the at-issue information should have been preserved, that reasonable steps were not taken to do so, that the information could not be restored or replaced, and that Defendant “acted with the intent to deprive the [Plaintiffs] of the information’s use in the litigation—the new standard for imposing an adverse inference—the court concluded that it would “presume that the lost information was unfavorable to [the defendant]. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 8:53 am
“The spoliation inference permits the jury to infer that the evidence destroyed or concealed would not have been favorable to the spoliator. [read post]
