Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / May 29, 2018
Timothy Hill, Appellant, vs. SSM Health Care St. Louis, Respondent.
Timothy Hill appealed from a jury verdict in favor of SSM Health Care St. Louis in his wrongful death claim, which stemmed from his father's fall at an SSM facility. Hill alleged that SSM improperly destroyed surveillance video of the incident. The appellate court reversed the trial court's judgment and remanded for a new trial, finding that the trial court erred by denying Hill's motion for an adverse inference under the spoliation doctrine and by overruling his objection to SSM's misstatement of law during closing arguments regarding spoliation.