Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided August 15, 1991No. Civ. A. 5:90CV1465PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.
In this product liability case, defendant General Motors seeks a jury charge regarding the “spoliation” of evidence which General Motors contends is critical to its defense. Because the Court concludes that no such jury charge is warranted under either the controlling case law, or the facts of this case, the Court will not charge the jury on spoliation of evidence.
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Philomena Sullivan was injured on February 2, 1985, when the 1983 Pontiac Parisienne automobile being driven by her husband, John Sullivan, plowed into the back of a delivery truck on Interstate…
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