Meyn v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• refusing to recognize negligent spoliation of evidence as independent tort where spoliation caused by third party and stating in dicta that first party claim also is not cognizable
• rejecting the tort because it creates endless litigation, it is difficult to impose on a stranger to the litigation a duty to preserve evidence, and it is speculative in nature
• refusing to recognize the independent tort of spoliation of evidence by a third party
• relying on similar reasoning in affirming dismissal of negligent-spoliation claim when hospital destroyed failed knee prosthesis despite plaintiffs request to preserve it for evidentiary use in future litigation against manufacturer
• declining to adopt a cause of action for negligent spoliation of evidence
• declining to adopt a cause of action for negligent spoliation of evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).