Rockwell Intern. Corp. v. Menzies

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• degree of sanctions to be imposed must be related to degree of prejudice sustained by nonoffending party
• defendant/manufacturer's destruction and loss of two bolts attached to a table saw and motor, justified striking the manufacturer's pleadings and entering default on liability, even in the absence of a showing of bad faith on the manufacturer's part
• The defendant's intentional destruction and loss of two bolts bore on the crucial question of the cause of the plaintiff's injuries and therefore entitled the plaintiff to a Valcin instruction. The plaintiff demonstrated a clear inability to proceed due to the destruction.

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