· 9/28/2000
Goff v. Harold Ives Trucking Co., Inc.
Citations
- 27 S.W.3d 387
- 342 Ark. 143
- 2000 Ark. LEXIS 428
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- joining the majority of jurisdictions that have declined to recognize a tort for intentional spoliation of evidence
- “We find it instructive that California, the first state to adopt spoliation as an independent tort, has changed course and, more recently, [California’s] highest court has held specifically that the tort would no longer be recognized.”
- refusing to recognize the tort of spoliation of evidence
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Judges: Tom Glaze
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