GOFF v. HAROLD IVES TRUCKING CO., INC.

No. 99-1420.

27 S.W.3d 387 (2000)

342 Ark. 143

Lisa GOFF and Kenneth Goff v. HAROLD IVES TRUCKING CO., INC.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Mulkey Attorneys Group, P.A., by: Bruce L. Mulkey and Jeremy K. Landon, Rogers, for appellants.

Conner & Winters, P.L.L.C., by: John R. Elrod and Vicki Bronson, Fayetteville, for appellee.


TOM GLAZE, Justice.

This case presents our court with the following issue of first impression: whether or not Arkansas should recognize intentional first-party spoliation of evidence as an independent tort cause of action.

On December 2, 1997, Lisa Goff was in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer rig driven by an employee of Harold Ives Trucking Company (hereinafter Ives), and as a result, she suffered severe injuries. On May 18, 1998, Goff and her husband...

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