· 4/17/1894
O'Malley v. Jordan
Citations
- 57 Mo. App. 616
- 1894 Mo. App. LEXIS 245
How courts have described this case
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- holding spoliation instruction was warranted in medical malpractice action where two pieces of evidence initially collected by hospital were missing
- explaining that a plaintiff's requested jury charge on spoliation \allowed jurors to draw a negative inference\ if it found the defendant's explanation regarding missing records unsatisfactory reflected South Carolina law on adverse inferences
- providing for an adverse inference jury charge when there has been spoliation of evidence
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Judges: Biggs, Bond, Rombauer, Views
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