Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2003-05-22

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Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the Opinion of the Court. In this negligence case, we must decide whether the trial court abused its discretion when it instructed the jury that it could presume that certain missing evidence, had it been preserved, would have been adverse to defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Holding that the trial court had not abused its di…

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