Tag: Evidence

• General Liability

  Discoverability of Accident Reports

  • May 9, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  In a previous blog articles, 10 Items to Preserve After an Accident in a Company Vehicle and Best Practices for Documenting Slip and Fall Accidents, I discussed the importance of preserving information after an accident and creating accident reports. However, it is important to note that your reports may be discoverable by the adverse party. […]

• Business Litigation

  Adverse Presumption Awarded for Breaching Duty to Preserve Evidence

  • April 11, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Recently, in Sayre v. PNK (Lake Charles), LLC, 2015-859 (La. App. 3 Cir. 3/23/16), the Third Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s refusal to provide a jury charge which included instructions that a party’s failure to preserve evidence within their control would give rise to a presumption that said evidence would be adverse to their […]

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  10 Items to Preserve After an Accident in a Company Vehicle

  • September 13, 2013
  • By Lori Barker
  

  Do you know what to do if an employee gets into an accident in a company vehicle? When your employee is involved in an accident in a company vehicle that may be the subject of a future lawsuit, keeping basic documents will help you avoid an adverse claim for spoliation and assist with your defense. […]