{"id":54,"date":"1998-07-01T20:31:54","date_gmt":"1998-07-02T01:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courtroom.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:03:03","slug":"a-practical-guide-to-presenting-and-defending-a-spoliation-of-evidence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/a-practical-guide-to-presenting-and-defending-a-spoliation-of-evidence-case\/","title":{"rendered":"A Practical Guide to Presenting and Defending a Spoliation of Evidence Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Michael F. Pezzulli and Charles J. Fortunato<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-552 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spoliation of Evidence \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PZ_spoliationevidence.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2016 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort &amp; Insurance Section<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spoliation of evidence seems to be on the rise.<\/strong> But the emergence of case law on the subject has made it easier to identify and address the problem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/a-practical-guide-to-presenting-and-defending-a-spoliation-of-evidence-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading A Practical Guide to Presenting and Defending a Spoliation of Evidence Case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael F. 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