Butler v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth.

2 Citing cases

  1. AIG Prop. Cas. Co. v. MTS Power Sys.

    2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 5181 (N.Y. App. Div. 2024)

    Dismissal "is usually not warranted unless the evidence is crucial, and the spoliator's conduct evinces some higher degree of culpability" (New York City Hous. Auth. v Pro Quest Sec., Inc., 108 A.D.3d 471, 473 [1st Dept 2013] [internal quotation marks omitted]). A motion court may, in its discretion, defer to a trial court a determination of "whether or what sanction to impose" (Butler v New York City Tr. Auth., 192 A.D.3d 623, 624 [1st Dept 2021]).

  2. Aguirre v. 635 Madison Fee Prop. Owner

    2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 30039 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2025)

    The Court is granted broad discretion in determining spoliation sanctions, but the sanction must reflect an appropriate balancing under the circumstances (Arbor Realty funding, LLC v Herrick Feinstein LLP, 140 A.D.3d 607 [1st Dept 2016]). A motion court, may, in its discretion, defer to a trial court a determination of "whether or what sanction to impose" (AIG Property Casualty Co. v ALTS Power Systems, 231 A.D.3d 591 [1st Dept 2024] quoting Butler v New York City Tr. Auth., 192 A.D.3d 623, 624 [1st Dept 2021]).