Stender v. Vincent

How courts have described this case

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• holding that it was not an abuse of discretion for a trial court to give an “adverse inference instruction” against a party that destroyed evidence
• “ ‘[U]nless cogent reasons support the second court’s action, any modification of a prior ruling of another court of equal and concurrent jurisdiction will be deemed an abuse of discretion.’ ” (Quoting Wong v. City and County of Honolulu, 66 Haw. 389, 396, 665 P.2d 157, 162 (1983).)

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