Stubli v. Big D International Trucks, Inc.

*310OPINION

By the Court,

Young, J.:

This is an appeal from an order, entered as a sanction pursuant to NRCP 37, dismissing appellant’s complaint due to appellant’s failure to preserve evidence. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.

FACTS

On June 27, 1984, Appellant Lawrence Stubli, a self-employed truck driver, was involved in a single vehicle accident while driving his tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 80 in Wyoming. The accident occurred when the rig went off the highway into the median and rolled onto its right side. The damaged trailer was subsequently stored at a wrecking yard in Rock…