Define "spoliation.". Give three specific examples, including evidence other than documents
What will be an ideal response?
Spoliation is "the destruction or significant alteration of evidence or the failure to preserve property for another's use as evidence in pending or reasonably foreseeable litigation" [West v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,167 F.3d 776, 779 (2d Cir. 1999)] Examples may include deleting emails from a hard drive, erasing storage media, or destroying CDs or DVDs.
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The evidentiary phase of the trial would include any of the following except:
A. Jury deliberations B. Closing arguments C. Direct examinations D. Presentation of demonstrative evidence E. None of the above
A presumption is?
A. not admissible in court.? B. ?a form of hearsay. C. ?assumed true unless disproved by the opponent. D. ?a statement of the elements of the case.
Historically, many states required that divorce litigants live in the state for one to two years because they required the state to have a vested interest in the marriage before the courts could intervene in the divorce.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Why is it so important to obtain and preserve evidence properly?
What will be an ideal response?