SPONCO MANUFACTURING, INC., PETITIONER,

v.

EDWARD ALCOVER, ET UX., ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Citator

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• ST. Mary's Hosp., Inc. v. Brinson, 685 So. 2d 33 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …r the spoliation of evidence. The Third District has explicitly and repeatedly recognized that a cause of action exists in Florida for the spoliation of evidence. E.g., Sponco Mfg., Inc. v. Alcover, 656 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), rev. dismissed, 679 So. 2d 771 (Fla.1996); Continental Ins. Co. v. Herman, 576 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), rev. denied, 598 So. 2d 76 (Fla.1991); Miller v. Allstate Ins. Co., 573 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), rev. denied, 581 So. 2d 1307 (Fla.1991); Bondu v. Gurvich, 473 So. 2…
• Aldrich v. Roche Biomedical Labs., Inc., 737 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999)
  …vidence generally calls for a lesser sanction, unless the opposing party demonstrates that its case is fatally prejudiced by its inability to examine the lost evidence. Sponco Mfg., Inc. v. Alcover, 656 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), rev. dismissed, 679 So. 2d 771 (Fla.1996) In Sponco Manufacturing, Inc., the court set forth the following test: What sanctions are appropriate when a party fails to preserve evidence in its custody depends on the willfulness or bad faith, if any, of the party responsible for t…
• Builder's Square, Inc. v. Shaw, 755 So. 2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)
  …ion of evidence exists in Florida. St Mary’s Hospital v. Brinson, 685 So. 2d 33 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Brown v. City of Delray Beach, 652 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); Sponco Mfg., Inc. v. Alcover, 656 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), rev. dismissed, 679 So. 2d 771 (Fla.1996); Continental Ins. Co. v. Herman, 576 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), rev. denied, 598 So. 2d 76 (Fla.1991); Miller v. Allstate Ins. Co., 573 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), rev. denied, 581 So. 2d 1307 (Fla.1991); Bondu v. Gurvich, 473 So. 2…

Authorities Cited

• Sponco Mfg., Inc. v. Alcover, 656 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)