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Torts/Personal Injury

Sep. 4, 2025

Airport overwriting slip and fall video wasn't willful

Alameda County Judge Keith Fong ruled Oakland Airport's erasure of slip-and-fall video wasn't willful spoliation, finding other evidence preserved plaintiff's case; trial set for September.

An Alameda County judge tentatively ruled Wednesday that the destruction of airport video evidence in a slip-and-fall case did not sufficiently harm the plaintiff's ability to prove his claim that liquid on the floor caused him to break his leg.

Judge Keith Fong tentatively ruled on a motion for terminating sanctions for spoliation of evidence against the airport. While Fong acknowledged the airport had a duty to preserve the evidence, he tentatively found that the presence of...

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