3369 Statutes prescribing when trial transcripts must be preserved do not impose mandatory duties on the state or county; violation of such statutes does not give rise to an action by litigants damaged by the loss of the transcripts because their claims sound in spoliation of evidence, which is no longer actionable.CitationFORBES v COUNTY (Missing Transcript) 101 CA4 48 [See: GovC 810 etseq, 68152, 69846, 69955; Aubry v Tri-City 2 C4 962; Cedars-Sinai v Superior Court 18 C4 1, T/AT 6/98; Temple v Superior Court 20 C4 464, T/AT 7/99; Lueter v State 94 CA4 1285, T/AT 2/02]
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