Sterbenz v. Attina

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• holding there is no federal cause of action for spoliation
• stating that the court is “unaware of any decision in which a court” exercised its inherent authority to impose sanctions for spoliation where “the failure to preserve evidence . . . allegedly impeded an action other than the one in which sanctions are being sought”
• “[A] party that has acted in compliance with the rights expressly provided in the governing contract cannot be held liable for breaching an implied covenant of good faith”
• “[A] party that has acted in compliance with the rights expressly provided in the governing contract cannot be held liable for breaching an implied covenant of good faith”
• “[N]early every lower state court in New York to examine the issue, as well as decisions of federal courts construing New York law, have ‘follow[ed] the majority view and do not recognize spoliation of evidence as a cognizable tort action.’” (citations omitted)

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