Case Blurb: Cammarata; Duty to Preserve
Posted by rjbiii on March 29, 2010
Generally, the duty to preserve arises when a party “‘has notice that the evidence is relevant to litigation or . . . should have known that the evidence may be relevant to future litigation.’” Generally, the duty to preserve extends to documents or tangible things (defined by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34) by or to individuals “likely to have discoverable information that the disclosing party may use to support its claims or defenses.”
See case summary here.
Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. v. Cammarata, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14573, at *18-19 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 19, 2010)
