3205 The action for negligent spoliation has been abolished in California; in a conversion action, value of the converted chattel can not be based on what it would have been worth as evidence in litigation.CitationLUETER v STATE (Tire Tread) 94 CA4 1285 [See: CivC 3336; Cedars-Sinai v Superior Court 18 C4 1, T/AT 6/98; Johnson v USAA 67 CA4 626, T/AT 12/98; Temple v Superior Court 20 C4 464, T/AT 7/99; Farmers v Superior Court 79 CA4 1400, T/AT 5/00; Coprich v Superior Court 80 CA4 1081, T/AT 6/00]
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