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Litigation

Nov. 4, 2000

Dead and Buried

In short, retroactive application of 'Cedars-Sinai' means spoliation will now be dealt with as a discovery matter only.

        By Barry J. Thompson and Bradley O. Cebeci
        
        A few short weeks before Halloween, two California appellate decisions drove a stake into the heart of the spoliation-of-evidence torts, and there appears to be no judicial or legislative effort to revive them. Both cases held in favor of retroactive application of Ceda...

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