Jones v. O'Brien Tire and Battery Service Center, Inc.

374 Ill.App.3d 918, 871 N.E.2d 98, 312 Ill. Dec. 698 (5th dist. 2007)

Words & Phrases

Spoliation

Trial Judge

Byron

Appellate Judge

Chapman

Holding

Insurer liable for spoliation where there was sufficient evidence that insurer’s breach of duty to preserve evidence proximately caused wheel assembly to be lost and made business’s defense of underlying action more difficult.

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