The Best Label Company v. Custom Label & Decal, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 THE BEST LABEL COMPANY, Case No. 19-cv-03051-SI (VKD)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR
v. SANCTIONS
CUSTOM LABEL & DECAL, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147, 164 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff The Best Label Company, LLC’s (“BLC”) moves for an order of sanctions against defendants Customer Label & Decal, LLC (“CLD”), Daniel Crammer, Scott McKean, Gareth Cole, and Travis Gilkey for spoliation of evidence. Dkt. Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147, 164. Specifically, BLC asks the Court to order that the jury be instructed that defendants failed to comply with their obligations to preserve relevant evidence, that relevant evidence was destroyed after the duty to preserve arose, and that the evidence lost was favorable to BLC. See, e.g., Dkt. No. 164 at 16. In addition, BLC seeks monetary sanctions against all defendants, production of additional devices and accounts for inspection, and production of CLD’s litigation hold communications. See,…