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24 Apr 2019, 6:14 am by Law Offices of Robert Dixon
Ford asked for an adverse inference instruction at trial claiming that evidence had been spoiled. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 10:01 pm by Doug Austin
 »   Related StoriesAppeals Court Reverses Jury Decision Based on Failure of Court to Issue Spoliation Sanction: eDiscovery Case LawCourt Denies Sanctions Request Because Defendant Didn’t Prove the Information was Irretrievable: eDiscovery Case LawIn Lawsuit Over Prince Music, Court Grants Monetary But Not Adverse Inference Sanctions (Yet): eDiscovery Case Law  [read post]
8 Apr 2019, 10:01 pm by Doug Austin
Mar. 27, 2019), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, ruling that the trial court “abused its discretion in refusing the charge” of an adverse inference sanction against the defendant for failing to preserve several hours of video related to a slip and fall accident, vacated the judgment issued by the jury within the trial court for the defendant and remanded the case for a new trial. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 10:01 pm by Doug Austin
 »       Related StoriesIn Lawsuit Over Prince Music, Court Grants Monetary But Not Adverse Inference Sanctions (Yet): eDiscovery Case LawTo Preserve Sanction Potential, Plaintiff Fights To NOT Have Claim Against Them Dismissed: eDiscovery Case LawCourt Rejects Carpenter Argument for Third Party Subpoena of Google Subscriber Info: eDiscovery Case Law  [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 10:01 pm by Doug Austin
Leung granted in part the plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions Due to Spoliation of Evidence, ordering the Rogue Music Alliance (“RMA”) Defendants to pay reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, that Plaintiffs incurred as a result of the RMA Defendants’ “misconduct”, and also ordered the RMA Defendants to pay into the Court a fine of ...Read the whole entry... [read post]
11 Feb 2019, 8:12 am by Lebowitz & Mzhen
A recent state appellate decision discusses a situation where an adverse inference instruction may be appropriate. [read post]
11 Feb 2019, 7:36 am by DeFrancisco & Falgiatano
Spoliation of Evidence Spoliation of evidence occurs when a person intentionally destroys or negligently loses key evidence in a case. [read post]
Thus, the trial court’s decision to provide the jury with an adverse inference instruction was in error. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 9:34 am by Jeff DeFrancisco
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 Oct 2018, 10:01 pm by Doug Austin
Parrish granted in part and denied in part the plaintiffs’ for a finding of spoliation and for sanctions, granting the plaintiffs’ request for sanctions for failing to preserve more of the video surveillance footage of the plaintiff’s trip and fall accident, but denied the plaintiffs’ request for sanctions for failing to preserve training records and the store’s safety statistics...Read the whole entry... [read post]
10 Aug 2018, 12:33 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
 The appropriate sanction was an adverse inference instruction that “the social media posts deleted were false advertising of products that compete with Plaintiff. [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 8:22 am by Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt LLC
The 2015 amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 provide dire consequences for failing to preserve electronically stored information (ESI), including monetary sanctions, dismissal of a claim, judgment in favor of the prejudiced party, suppression of evidence and adverse inference instructions. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 3:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas addressed a Motion In Limine seeking to impose spoliation sanctions against the Defendant healthcare providers in an effort to secure an adverse inference instruction based upon the alleged failure of one of the Defendant doctors to collect an umbilical cord blood gas sample at the time of the birth of the child in this obstetrical medical malpractice claim. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 4:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins
.), the court granted a defense Motion for an  Adverse Inference Spoliation Sanction under a finding that the Plaintiff had spoliated a fire scene in a products liability suit. [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Rather, it was the result of rules that prevent spoliation of evidence during divorce and other sorts of misconduct that tip the scales of justice in an unfair way. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 4:49 am by Jessica C. Diamond
And, importantly, once the proverbial cat is out of the bag and your spouse or other family member learns that they were being spied on, you cannot try to cover your tracks by destroying the evidence – this is known as “spoliation” of evidence and if you do it, you will likely be subject to sanctions and/or adverse inferences drawn by the Court. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 7:04 am by MBettman
, 197 N.J. 81, 961 A.2d 1167 (2008) (spoliation claim may be addressed both by an adverse-inference instruction given to the jury, and by a separate claim in a bifurcated proceeding.) [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]