Legal Opinion
Trigon Insurance v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 9, 2001No. Civ. No. 3:00CV365PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PAYNE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Trigon Insurance Company (“Trigon”), formerly known as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia, has moved1 the Court to impose sanctions on the Defendant, the United States of America (the “United States”) for inappropriately destroying, or “spoliating”, evidence and for allegedly “ghost writing” the reports of the testifying experts of the United States.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
This is an action for the recovery of federal income taxes and interest assessed and collected from Trigon for the tax years 1989 through 1995. The action presents issues of…
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