Evidence: Preservation
MONTANA SUPREME COURT DECISIONS |
Harris v. State, Dep't of Corrections [01/29/13] 2013 MT 16 Where the employer either intentionally or negligently destroyed a video recording of the claimant’s taser training session relevant to his personal injury claim, the claimant did not have an independent cause of action for spoliation of evidence against the employer since Montana does not recognize the tort of spoliation against a direct party. To address the claimant’s spoliation of evidence in some other way, the claimant would have had to allege a viable cause of action, and his claim for personal injury was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the WCA. |
MONTANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT DECISIONS |
Alberts
v. Transportation Insurance Co. [10/12/06] 2006 MTWCC 34
Where Petitioner’s treating physician has opined that the only
way he can diagnose the cause of Petitioner’s Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome is by observing the area during surgery, Respondent may have
a physician observe the procedure as this is the only opportunity for
it to observe the preoperative physical condition of Petitioner’s
shoulder and its rights will be prejudiced if it is unable to obtain
this evidence. |