# Reynolds v. Bordelon

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 30, 2015 · 172 So. 3d 589

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4821668

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard L. REYNOLDS v. Robert J. BORDELON III, Robert J. Bordelon Jr., Usagencies Casualty Insurance Company, Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange, and/or Auto Club Family Insurance Company d/b/a Triple a Insurance, Nissan North America, Infinity Division of Nissan North America, Inc., a Luxury Car Division of Nissan Motors, Insurance Auto Auctions Corp., ABC Insurance Company, Def Insurance Company and XYZ Insurance Company State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as Subrogee of/and Linda Dupuy v. Robert Bordelon and Usagencies Casualty Insurance Company
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** June 30, 2015
- **Citations:** 172 So. 3d 589; 2015 La. LEXIS 1486; 2015 WL 3972370
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Crichton
- **Judges:** Additionally, Clark, Crichton, Reasons, Weimer
- **Cited by:** 40 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- applying “Louisiana retains a system of fact pleading, and mere conclusions of the plaintiff unsupported by facts will not set forth a cause or right of action”

## Opinion text

CRICHTON, J.,
additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
hi agree completely with the majority decision and join in both its reasoning and result. I write separately to emphasize that this Court’s recognition of a negligent spoliation tort would create significant, and unnecessary, burdens on the legal system. Permitting parties to bring negligent spoliation claims would “inundate our justice system” with derivative tort litigation, see Temple Community Hospital v. Superior Court, 20 Cal.4th 464 , 84 Cal. Rptr.2d 852 , 976 P.2d 223, 228 (1999), and, as my colleague Justice Clark points out in the majority opinion, “wreak havoc” on the individuals and entities impacted and the judicial system as a whole.

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