MALONE v. FOSTER

No. 97-0661.

977 S.W.2d 562 (1998)

James Milton MALONE, James D. Malone, Milton C. Malone, Phillip G. Malone, and Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Petitioners, v. Christopher FOSTER, M.D., Bill Christensen, M.D., and Baylor University Medical Center, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles McGarry, Dallas, for Petitioners.

James M. Stewart, Joann M. Wilkins, Richard F. Werstein, Dallas, for Respondents.


ENOCH, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HECHT, SPECTOR, OWEN, ABBOTT, and HANKINSON, Justices, join, and in which BAKER, Justice, joins in Parts II and III.

In this case, the Malones ask us to recognize an independent cause of action for intentional or negligent spoliation of evidence by parties to litigation. The court of appeals declined to recognize such a cause of action. 956 S.W.2d 573...

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