Brandeis Machinery & Supply Co. v. Matewan Alma Fuel Corp.

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• finding that defendant was on notice as of the date the employee made complaints to supervisors
• finding that the employer was placed on notice of potential litigation arising out of plaintiff's allegations of sexual harassment
• concluding defendant’s duty to preserve evidence arose over a year prior to filing of the suit when defendant was notified of sexual harassment and retaliation complaints
• finding the non-prevailing party, who had an annual income of $3,627.07, was “clearly” of sufficiently modest means to justify denial of $16,104.40 in costs
• finding that the number of hours for certain tasks performed by the plaintiff's attorneys was “unreasonable excessive given the nature of the tasks,” such as 33 hours for the drafting of a motion for sanctions, and reducing the number of hours billed by 23.7 hours
• “The duty to preserve encompasses any documents or tangible items authored or made by individuals likely to have discoverable information that the disclosing party may use to support its claim or defenses.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).