Personal Injury & Torts
May 29, 1999
Nonlitigants Who Spoil Evidence Cant Be Sued
SAN FRANCISCO - Finishing off the tort of spoliation of evidence, a narrowly divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a person who is not a party to a lawsuit may not be sued for intentionally destroying or suppressing evidence that would be relevant to the litigation.
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