Nationwide Lift Trucks, Inc. v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “[c]ases in which evidence has been destroyed, either inadvertently or intentionally, are discovery violations” that may be subject to sanctions
• stating that “[c]ases in which evidence has been destroyed, either inadvertently or intentionally, are discovery violations” that may be subject to sanctions
• stating that “[c]ases in which evidence has been destroyed, either inadvertently or intentionally, are discovery violations” that may be subject to sanctions
• stating that the destruction of relevant evidence may justify striking a specific defense
• affirming the spoliation sanction because the “plaintiffs were unable to proceed without the altered or lost evidence”
• appropriateness of sanctions for discovery violation in civil case, specifically failure to preserve evidence, is measured by the \willfulness or bad faith of the responsible party\ and the resulting prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).