Federal District Court Denies Employer’s Summary Judgment Motion as Sanction for Discovery Violation
If your municipality has ever been a party to litigation, then it is likely that it received a letter instructing it to preserve documents pertaining to the litigation. These letters, commonly known as litigation hold letters, are routinely sent to parties in litigation and provide instructions as to the types of documents that must be preserved and instructions for doing so. Normally, these letters will caution that failure to preserve pertinent documents may result in negative consequences.
