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Spoliation Letter

Draft Spoliation Letters in Minutes, Not Hours

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What you'll need

  • Intake Documents
  • Incident Reports

Plans from $20 a month, with usage included.

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Overview

CaseMark's Spoliation Letter skill automates the drafting of formal evidence preservation demand letters for personal injury litigation. By analyzing your intake documents and case details, it generates comprehensive, case-type-specific letters that establish the opposing party's duty to preserve evidence and create a clear record for potential sanctions motions.

Drafting effective spoliation letters requires attorneys to manually identify case-specific evidence categories, research jurisdiction-appropriate preservation standards, and craft detailed itemization lists—a process that can take hours per letter. Missing even a single evidence category can undermine future sanctions motions and compromise case outcomes.

CaseMark's AI analyzes your intake documents, identifies the case type and jurisdiction, and generates a complete spoliation letter with tailored evidence itemization, litigation hold demands, compliance deadlines, and sanctions warnings. What previously took hours of research and drafting is delivered in minutes, with comprehensive coverage across all relevant evidence categories.

How to hand this to Para

  1. 1. Send Para the files

    Email them, drop them in a Teams or Slack message, or upload them.

  2. 2. Para runs the Spoliation Letter skill

    It works from your files and checks its citations against the record.

  3. 3. The finished document comes back

    Para returns it where you asked, usually as a DOCX, and offers the next step.

Example request · email, Teams or Slack
Para, run the Spoliation Letter skill for the Garcia matter. I've attached the Intake Documents and Incident Reports. Send the finished draft back here as a DOCX.

What Para does

  1. 1. Upload your intake documents, incident reports, and any known evidence inventory
  2. 2. AI analyzes case type, jurisdiction, and incident details to generate a tailored spoliation letter
  3. 3. Review and customize the evidence itemization, deadlines, and sanctions language
  4. 4. Export the finalized letter in DOCX or PDF, ready for certified mail

What you get

  • Representation & Notice Opening

  • Legal Duty to Preserve Statement

  • Case-Specific Evidence Itemization

  • Litigation Hold Demand

  • Compliance Deadlines & Response Requirements

  • Sanctions & Consequences Warning

What it handles

  • Case-type specific evidence itemization across premises liability, motor vehicle, product liability, and more

  • Automated litigation hold demands with custodian-specific language

  • Compliance deadline generation with clear response timelines

  • Sanctions warnings citing jurisdiction-appropriate spoliation standards

  • Professional formatting ready for certified mail delivery

Required documents

  • Intake Documents

    Client intake forms, engagement letters, or case summaries containing party names, incident details, and case type information

    .pdf, .docx, .txt

  • Incident Reports

    Police reports, accident reports, or internal incident documentation describing the event and known evidence

    .pdf, .docx, .txt

Supporting documents

  • Evidence Inventory

    Any existing list of identified evidence items, surveillance camera locations, or document sources

    .pdf, .docx, .xlsx

  • Prior Correspondence

    Previous communications with opposing party or counsel that may inform the preservation demand

    .pdf, .docx, .txt

Why teams use it

Eliminate hours of manual drafting with AI-generated, case-specific spoliation letters

Ensure comprehensive evidence itemization tailored to your exact case type and incident details

Reduce the risk of missing critical preservation categories with systematic, template-driven coverage

Create a strong evidentiary foundation for future sanctions motions with professionally structured demand language

Questions

What case types does this spoliation letter skill support?

CaseMark generates spoliation letters tailored to premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, product liability, medical malpractice, and other personal injury subcategories. Each case type triggers specific evidence categories relevant to that type of claim.

Does the letter include jurisdiction-specific spoliation standards?

Yes. CaseMark incorporates jurisdiction-appropriate spoliation standards and duty-to-preserve language based on the state or federal jurisdiction you specify, ensuring your letter reflects the applicable legal framework.

Can I customize the evidence itemization list?

Absolutely. CaseMark generates a comprehensive, case-specific evidence itemization based on your uploaded documents and case type. You can then add, remove, or modify individual items before finalizing the letter.

Is the output ready to send to opposing parties?

CaseMark produces a professionally formatted letter suitable for certified mail delivery. The output includes all required sections—representation notice, preservation demands, evidence lists, deadlines, and sanctions warnings—but should be reviewed by the attorney of record before sending.

When should I use this skill in my case timeline?

This skill is designed for pre-suit and early discovery phases. Use it as soon as litigation is reasonably anticipated to establish the opposing party's duty to preserve evidence and create a record supporting potential future sanctions motions.

Does CaseMark include litigation hold language for corporate defendants?

Yes. The generated letter includes demands for immediate suspension of routine document destruction and retention policies, along with requirements to implement a litigation hold across all relevant custodians within the opposing party's organization.

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