Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioner v. Monroe Johnson and Brandy Johnson, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded the case, holding that Wal-Mart had no duty to preserve the decorative reindeer evidence and that the trial court erred in giving a spoliation instruction. The Court found the instruction to be harmful error that probably caused the improper judgment. The decision clarifies the duty-to-preserve standard in spoliation contexts.