Rodriguez v. Schutt

How courts have described this case

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

• “Where a party intentionally destroys evidence to prevent its introduction at trial, the trial court clearly has the power to employ an adverse inference as a sanction.”
• trial court didn’t abuse its discretion by declining to give an adverse inference instruction when the evidence wouldn’t have been unfavorable to the spoliator, and the court found no bad faith
• certiorari granted May 22, 1995

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Beers v. Bayliner Marine Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-07· cited 91×
• Rodriguez v. Schutt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-04-15· cited 58×
• Lauren Corp. v. Century Geophysical Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1998-01-22· cited 28×
• Pfantz v. Kmart Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-03-15· cited 17×
• 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×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re the Marriage of Mann
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-12-06· cited 379×
• Glover v. Bic Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-02-26· cited 209×
• Turner v. Hudson Transit Lines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1991-09-27· cited 140×
• Austin v. Litvak
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-05-07· cited 107×
• Hirsch v. General Motors Corp.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1993-05-04· cited 91×
• Gallegos v. Phipps
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-09-18· cited 50×
• Charlton v. Kimata
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1991-07-15· cited 40×
• Dawson ex rel. McKelvey v. Public Employees' Retirement Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-05-31· cited 37×
• Sigman Ex Rel. Sigman v. Seafood Ltd. Partnership I
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1991-09-16· cited 34×
• People v. Bowman
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1991-05-09· cited 17×
• Puritan Insurance v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-08-29· cited 17×
• Ackerman v. Power Equipment Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-07-14· cited 12×
• Heid v. Destefano
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1978-10-19· cited 11×
• Britt v. Block
  D. Vermont· 1986-04-04· cited 6×
• People v. Barry
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1994-06-16· cited 3×