Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United Services Automobile Ass'n
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1998No. C024317PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, Acting P. J.
In a recent decision, the California Supreme Court in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court (1998) 18 Cal.4th 1 [74 Cal.Rptr.2d 248, 954 P.2d 511] (Cedars-Sinai) disapproved Smith v. Superior Court (1984) 151 Cal.App.3d 491 [198 Cal.Rptr. 829], and concluded there is no tort cause of action for first party intentional spoliation of evidence when the spoliation is or reasonably should have been discovered before the conclusion of the underlying litigation. (Cedars-Sinai, supra, 18 Cal.4th at pp. 17-18, fn. 4.) Spoliation of evidence is the destruction or…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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