Trevino v. Ortega

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1998-07-03

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ENOCH, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HECHT, SPECTOR, OWEN, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, join. The issue in this ease is whether this Court should recognize an independent cause of action for intentional or negligent spoliation of evidence by parties to litigation. 1 The court of appeals held that Texas reco…

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