Litigation
Jun. 3, 2000
Uprooting Spoliation
Practitioner: Tort Law By Michael K. Brown and Thomas J. Yoo What is spoliation of evidence? Consider an attorney investigating an accident involving a client's product. The attorney learns that what remains of the product is nowhere to be found. The attorney eventually discovers that the plaintiff's insurance adjuster took the product, photographed it and discarded it. The attorney now is left to defend the client in the plaintiff's product-liability action with a handful of 5-by-7 photographs. Evidence has been spoliated.
Tort Law
By Michael K. Brown and Thomas J. Yoo
What is spoliation of evidence? Consider an attorney investigating an accident involving a client's product. The attorney learns that what remains of the product is nowhere to be found. The attorney...
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