Pfantz v. Kmart Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming the trial court’s rulings, including its decision to give an adverse inference jury instruction containing an irrebuttable presumption as a sanction for spoliation
• “The sanction should be ‘commensurate with the seriousness of the disobedient party’s conduct.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Shifrin
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2014-02-27· cited 363×
• Blood v. Qwest Services Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2009-05-28· cited 360×
• People ex rel. A.E.L.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-03-06· cited 196×
• Maxwell v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2014-01-02· cited 93×
• Western Fire Truck, Inc. v. Emergency One, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2006-03-23· cited 33×
• Aloi v. Union Pacific Railroad Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-03-06· cited 16×
• rg v. Excel Elec., Inc
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2020-07-09· cited 10×
• People Ex Rel. Ael
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2008-03-06
• People v. Conlon
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-10-02

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Aramburu v. The Boeing Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-05-05· cited 472×
• Kwik Way Stores, Inc. v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-11-16· cited 228×
• Turner v. Hudson Transit Lines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1991-09-27· cited 140×
• Pena v. District Court of Second Judicial District
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-04-30· cited 83×
• Gates Rubber Co. v. Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
  D. Colorado· 1996-05-01· cited 75×
• Rodriguez v. Schutt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-04-15· cited 58×
• Preston v. Dupont
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2001-12-03· cited 53×
• Alzado v. Blinder, Robinson & Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-02-16· cited 47×
• CeBuzz, Inc. v. Sniderman
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1970-03-16· cited 30×
• White v. Hansen
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-09-21· cited 29×
• Lauren Corp. v. Century Geophysical Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1998-01-22· cited 28×
• Zertuche v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1985-05-09· cited 24×
• Klein v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1997-05-29· cited 22×
• Millenson v. Department of Highways
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1978-11-02· cited 19×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1988-06-23· cited 17×
• Dupont v. Preston
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-10-10· cited 16×
• Schaffer v. District Court in & for the City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-06-02· cited 14×
• Martin v. Porak
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1981-12-24· cited 13×
• Rodriguez v. Schutt
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-05-22· cited 13×
• Newell v. Engel
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-12-15· cited 7×