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“Mark Mullen” “Pennsylvania” “spoliation” “negligent spoliation” “Pyeritz v. Commonwealth” “spoliation of evidence”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently joined “the overwhelming majority” of states that have declined to recognize a separate cause of action in tort for negligent spoliation of evidence. In Pyeritz v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, __ Pa. __, 32 A.2d 687 (2011), the Court held that “Pennsylvania law does not recognize a cause of action for...