A federal district judge from Maryland recently made the trenchant observation that “it makes little sense to go to all the bother and expense to get electronic information only to have it excluded from evidence” for lack of a sufficient foundation.

District Judge Paul W. Grimm, in Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance Co., Civil Action No. PWG-06-1893 (D. Md. May 4, 2007) Grimm, J. (101 pages), available online at http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/Opinions152/Opinions/Lorraine v. Markel – ESIADMISSIBILITY OPINION.pdf, was dismissing summary judgment motions in a dispute over insurance coverage for a boat struck by lightning.

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