· 10/12/1982
Jalifi v. Industrial Commission
Citations
- 459 U.S. 899
- 103 S. Ct. 200
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding party “highly culpable” for its “conscious and reckless disregard” of discovery obligations
- finding party “highly culpable” for its “conscious and reckless disregard for [its] discovery obligations”
- imposing adverse inference charge sanction for party’s reckless destruction of evidence
- adverse inference warranted where unique evidence destroyed, not where evidence was cumulative
- adverse inference instruction given where the party recklessly destroyed evidence.
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Judges: Jurisdiction, Set, Would
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