Franklin v. Howard Brown Health Ctr. In this employment discrimination case, the defendant “bollixed its litigation hold…to a staggering degree and at every turn.” As a sanction, the magistrate recommended that the court allow the parties to present evidence about the...
Decker v. Target Corp. In this personal injury claim, the court granted harsh sanctions for the defendant’s bad faith spoliation of evidence.This case began with a 2015 accident in a store operated by the defendant, Target. The plaintiff, Caryl…
Tanner v. BD LaPlace, LLC In this disability discrimination lawsuit, the court considered whether information about the plaintiff’s mental health fell within the allowable scope of discovery. It concluded that the plaintiff’s medical and financial records were...
Firstsource Sols. USA, LLC v. Tulare Reg'l Med. Ctr. In this breach of contract case, the court ordered summary judgment for the plaintiff, refusing the defendant additional time for discovery.The court noted that “virtually all of the salient facts” were undisputed....
Satmodo, LLC v. Whenever Commc’ns, LLC, No. 3:17-cv-192-AJB-NLS, 2018 WL 3495832 (S.D. Cal. July 20, 2018). In this case alleging a “click fraud” scheme, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel in part. It ordered the defendant to provide a list of its...
Lyons v. O’Quinn, No. 16-17069, 2018 WL 4031032 (11th Cir. Aug. 23, 2018).In this appeal of a personal injury case, the plaintiff asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse the district court’s order dismissing his lawsuit as a discovery sanction. The Eleventh Circuit...
In re Syngenta AG Mir 162 Corn Litig., No. 16-2788-JWL (D. Kan. Sept. 25, 2018). In this multi-district litigation, the court denied a party’s request to produce electronically stored information (ESI) in its native format. The underlying litigation in this case...
City of San Jose v. JUM Global, LLC, No. 16-cv-01462-VKD (N.D. Cal. July 11, 2018). In this breach of contract case, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel. It ordered the defendant to supplement its responses and to re-produce emails in native format.This...
Ball v. George Washington Univ., No. 17-cv-0507 (DLF) (D.D.C. Sept. 27, 2018). In this employment discrimination claim, the court denied sanctions despite the defendant’s failure to preserve a surveillance video. It found that before any duty to preserve attached, the...
Beck v. Access E Forms, LP In this Fair Labor Standards Act claim, the court denied sanctions despite the plaintiff’s deletion of emails and other evidence. Sidney Beck, the plaintiff, alleged that during her employment with Access eForms, LP, she routinely worked...