The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed a $1.2 million judgment against Petroleum Solutions Inc. over a diesel spill, finding that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing spoliation sanctions against the company when there was no proof it intentionally lost or destroyed evidence.
“We hold that the trial court abused its discretion by charging the jury with a spoliation instruction to the jury and striking Petroleum’s statute-of-limitations defense because that sanction does not comply with the procedural or substantive standards set forth in Brookshire Brothers,” the court said in a unanimous July 11 opinion.
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