Hester v. Bayer Corp., 206 F.R.D. 683 (M.D. Ala. 2001)
Key Insight: After case was removed to federal court, defendant obtained order vacating state court’s entry of ex parte preservation order requiring defendant to “suspend all routine destruction of documents, including but not limited to, recycling back-up tapes, automated deletion of e-mail, and reformatting hard drives,” compliance with which defendant estimated to cost $50,000/month
Nature of Case: Product liability
Electronic Data Involved: Documents and information in paper or electronic format