Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff’s Removal Of Floor Covering Warrants Adverse Inference

(April 28, 2016, 12:04 PM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal magistrate judge in Connecticut on April 26 granted in part a motion for spoliation sanctions filed by Anchor Insulation Co. Inc., John Manville Inc. and Icynene Corp., finding that a man’s removal of at least 10 rolls of floor covering before a home inspection to examine levels of volatile organic compound (VOC) gasses allegedly emitted by the defendants’ spray polyurethane foam (SPF) constituted destruction of evidence (Richard Breyer, et al. v. Anchor Insulation Co. Inc., et al., No. 13 CV 1576, D. Conn.)....

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