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‘spoliation’ ‘subrogation’ ‘evidence disposal’ ‘California law’ ‘Cooper V. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co.’
A California court recently held that an insurer had a duty to preserve an allegedly defective tire for use as evidence in the insured’s product liability case.  Cooper v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., 177 Cal.App.4th 876 (2009,  4th Dist., Div. 2).  Plaintiff Bryan Cooper, an insured of State Farm, was involved in a...