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Town Sanctioned for Prejudicial Breaches of Duty to Preserve in Alleged Sexual Assault Case; Court Also Addresses Use of Personal Email by Council Members

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see generally Burden of Proof: Sanctions for Intentional Deletion of Text Messages (Jul. 21, 2021); Burden of Proof of Spoliation (Dec. Applying the burden of proof, because the spoliation of the personnel files was negligent, plaintiff carried the burden of proving relevance and prejudice.