Williams v. Argueta et al.

After conducting extensive discovery, I learned that one of the defendants had destroyed the gasoline tank and lines that had allegedly leaked, thereby depriving our clients of the opportunity to have this evidence reviewed by their experts. I then brought a motion against this defendant for evidentiary sanctions precluding it from introducing any expert witness evidence against our clients. The trial court finally granted the motion.

I then proceeded with a motion for summary judgment against the defendant that destroyed the evidence on the ground that there was no evidence to establish that the gasoline station’s tank and lines leaked when my clients operated the station and the one leak that was found was so small that it was not the cause of the plaintiff’s damages in the case. The court granted summary judgment and the case was dismissed against our clients.