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Ortega v. City of New York, 118

The tort of third-party negligent spoliation of evidence is not cognizable in New York, as it is not clear that existing New York remedies are inadequate to deter spoliation or appropriately compensate its victims.

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  • Decided 10/16/2007
  • Published 10/16/2007

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