Legal Opinion
David Chappell and Lisa Chappell v. SRT Express, Inc. and Omar Cunningham
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided May 20, 2026No. 5:24-cv-05068Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION DAVID CHAPPELL AND LISA 5:24-CV-05068-ECS CHAPPELL, Plaintiffs, ORDER AWARDING SANCTIONS FOR SPOLIATION OF EVIDENCE vs. SRT EXPRESS, INC. AND OMAR CUNNINGHAM, Defendants. In this vehicle accident case, David and Lisa Chappell (“Chappells”) move for sanctions against the truck owner, SRT Express, Inc. (“SRT”) for spoliation of electronically stored information (“ESI”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e).1 The truck driver, Omar Cunningham, has been defaulted already,2 but SRT filed opposition to the spoliation…
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