Legal Opinion
Goff v. Harold Ives Trucking Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided September 28, 2000No. 99-1420PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
This case presents our court with the following issue of first impression: whether or not Arkansas should recognize intentional first-party spoliation of evidence as an independent tort cause of action.
On December 2, 1997, Lisa Goff was in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer rig driven by an employee of Harold Ives Trucking Company (hereinafter Ives), and as a result, she suffered severe injuries. On May 18, 1998, Goff and her husband Kenneth filed suit in federal district court. They served their complaint on Ives on the same day, along with a summons and request…
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