The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Case summary: The plaintiff, I, brought a suit for compensation against the defendant, ACC, for the death of his wife by a truck owned by them. The defendant requested copies of all plaintiff’s facebook photos and postings under the process of discovery, which the plaintiff claimed to have deleted.
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