Darkbeer
11-20-2002, 10:50 PM
Disney loses appeal over destroyed Pooh documents (http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=RTR&Date=20021120&ID=2121593&Symbol=US:DIS) - Reuters, 11/20/02
QuikQuote: Walt Disney Co. will not be able to contest key evidence in a long-running suit over the honey pot of marketing rights to Winnie the Pooh after it destroyed key documents in the case, a California appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
"Disney misused the pre-trial discover process by destroying evidence it knew or should have known was sought by SSI, making false and evasive responses to SSI's discovery, and unduly delaying notification about the records destruction," Appellate Judge Norman Epstein wrote, referring to the decision on appeal.
QuikQuote: Walt Disney Co. will not be able to contest key evidence in a long-running suit over the honey pot of marketing rights to Winnie the Pooh after it destroyed key documents in the case, a California appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
"Disney misused the pre-trial discover process by destroying evidence it knew or should have known was sought by SSI, making false and evasive responses to SSI's discovery, and unduly delaying notification about the records destruction," Appellate Judge Norman Epstein wrote, referring to the decision on appeal.