Ortiz v. Bajwa Development Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
“Under the common-law doctrine of spoliation, when a party negligently loses or intentionally destroys key evidence, the responsible party may be sanctioned under CPLR 3126” (Holland v W.M. Realty Mgt., Inc., 64 AD3d 627, 629 [2009]; see Baglio v St. John’s Queens Hosp., 303 AD2d 341, 342 [2003]). The court may, under appropriate circumstances, impose a sanction “even if the destruction occurred through negligence rather than wilfulness, and even if the evidence was destroyed before the spoliator became a party, provided it was on notice that the evidence might be needed for future…
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