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THE TRIAL JUDGE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE ADVERSE INFERENCE CHARGE WHICH HAD BEEN ORDERED AS A DISCOVERY SANCTION RE: A MISSING SURVEILLANCE TAPE; JURY VERDICT SET ASIDE (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court and setting aside the verdict, determined the trial judge should have given the adverse inference charge with respect to a missing video surveillance tape:

… [T]he court erred in declining to give an adverse inference charge with respect to a missing video surveillance tape. An order stating that plaintiff was entitled to such a charge had been issued during discovery upon plaintiff’s motion for sanctions pursuant to CPLR 3126. Thus, the adverse inference charge was a discovery sanction, not a prospective evidentiary ruling … . While the verdict is supported by sufficient evidence, that error was not harmless. Hegbeli v TJX Cos., Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 00502, First Dept 1-27-22

 

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