2736 REVIEW DENIED The tort of negligent spoliation of evidence has been abolished in California, but an action may be brought for breach of a contractual obligation to preserve evidence.
COPRICH v SUPERIOR COURT (Negligent Spoliation) 80 CA4 1081 [See: Cedars-Sinai v Superior Court 18 C4 1, T/AT 6/98; Temple v Superior Court 20 C4 464, T/AT 7/99; Farmers v Superior Court 79 CA4 1400, T/AT 5/00]
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