ALBANY – Holding that plaintiffs in a voting rights dispute did not satisfy the standard for obtaining spoliation sanctions, a federal judge has held that while Albany County was at least negligent, and possibly even grossly negligent, in destroying documents, there was no showing the documents in question were particularly relevant to the ongoing controversy.
But Northern District Judge Lawrence Kahn (See Profile) said the plaintiffs can renew a request for an adverse-inference instruction if evidence at trial warrants revisiting the issue.
