By: Benjamin DiBlasi In Reyes v. Walmart Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110758, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit over an alleged slip-and-fall at a Walmart located in Niles, Illinois. The fall occurred just three to four steps from the cash register. Nobody, including Plaintiff and her husband, ever actually saw the […]

By: Matthew E. Hobson The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments in June 2024 on a case that will have implications for the production and inspection of cell phones during discovery in civil cases. Jennings v. Smiley, 24S-CT-186, is a run-of-the-mill motor vehicle accident case in which Jennings (Plaintiff-Appellant) sought […]

By: Kristy K. Singler In Miramontes v. Peraton, Inc., No. 3:21-CV-3019-B, 2023 WL 3855603 at *6 (N.D. Tex. June 6, 2023), a federal district court for the N.D. Texas, Dallas Division, addressed if an employer can be deemed liable for an employee’s failure to preserve business-related texts received on the […]