A federal decide in Virginia mentioned it’s as much as a jury to determine whether or not poor climate circumstances might have equally negated the alleged negligence of the drivers of a Ford van and a Western Categorical tractor-trailer concerned in a multivehicle crash on Interstate 81.
In a separate order, the decide additionally granted the defendants’ movement for sanctions for the partial spoliation of cellphone proof. As a treatment for the spoliation, the court docket will instruct the jury that it’s permitted, though not required, to presume that misplaced cellphone proof was unfavorable to one of many plaintiffs, the order mentioned.