Perez-Velasco v. Suzuki Motor Company, Ltd.

OPINION AND ORDER

LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.

Presently before the Court is defendants’ Request for Sanctions based on plaintiffs’ Spoliation of Evidence filed on March 10, 2003. (Docket No. 41.) Defendants ask the Court to impose sanctions on the plaintiffs for their intentional or merely negligent spoliation of evidence, namely the 2000 Suzuki Vitara involved in the accident giving rise to this lawsuit. Defendants allege that plaintiffs’ actions have deprived them of an adequate opportunity to defend themselves. Plaintiffs filed an opposition to defendants’ motion on April 14, 2003 (Docket No.…