A District Court judge has ordered sanctions against the Montana Highway Patrol, the defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by an injured driver, for breach of its duty to properly store evidence in the case. The lawsuit filed was filed by a Wyoming man who had to drive off the road to avoid a collision with a trooper in August 2017. Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Kathy Seeley in December ordered sanctions against MHP for spoiling the video evidence that captured the near-miss accident. Trial was scheduled for August.
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