Spoliation of evidence Archives - Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC https://www.lglfirm.com/tag/spoliation-of-evidence/ Illinois Law Firm Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:03:20 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.15 https://www.lglfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-LGLJ-badge2-32x32.png Spoliation of evidence Archives - Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC https://www.lglfirm.com/tag/spoliation-of-evidence/ 32 32 Inspection of Evidence at Accident Site Does Not Create a Duty to Preserve https://www.lglfirm.com/blog/inspection-evidence-accident-site-create-duty-preserve/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:00:20 +0000 https://www.lglfirm.com/?p=1504 The Illinois Supreme Court recently confirmed that a party owes no affirmative duty to preserve potential evidence in advance of litigation.  In Martin v. Keeley & Sons, Inc., the Plaintiffs, employees of Defendant Keeley, were working to construct a bridge over Maxwell Creek in Randolph County, Illinois.  While they were working, the concrete I-Beam they...

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