Raymond Cook et ux v. Tarbert Logging, Inc.

Siddoway, C.J. —

¶1 The jury trial of Raymond and Arlene Cook’s claims arising out of a collision between a pickup truck driven by Mr. Cook and a logging truck driven by an employee of Tarbert Logging Inc. resulted in a defense verdict in favor of Tarbert, its driver, and Stevens County. The Cooks appeal, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in making erroneous spoliation-based rulings that excluded the testimony of their expert on the key issue of the drivers’ speeds at the time of impact, allowed defense experts to testify to the drivers’ speeds using the Cooks’ expert’s…