Honestly, it should be standard practice to assume liability any time that happens..
Police body camera mysteriously fails during a chase/arrest? The officers involved and supplier of the cameras are automatically held criminally liable for anything done during the arrest and any "evidence" acquired is not admissible in court.
Cameras mysteriously fail in a jail? Guards and prison staff automatically held guilty of anything that goes wrong until they are restored.
Cameras fail during vote counting? All poll workers there fired, all votes discarded, entire district needs to revote.
And so on. Backup systems are a thing you should have anytime anything important is going on, and if you don't do anything wrong during the time of the failure then there's nothing to fear.
In case you were wondering why the pigs ordered surveillance equipment turned off and no one was allowed to observe.
Honestly, it should be standard practice to assume liability any time that happens..
Police body camera mysteriously fails during a chase/arrest? The officers involved and supplier of the cameras are automatically held criminally liable for anything done during the arrest and any "evidence" acquired is not admissible in court.
Cameras mysteriously fail in a jail? Guards and prison staff automatically held guilty of anything that goes wrong until they are restored.
Cameras fail during vote counting? All poll workers there fired, all votes discarded, entire district needs to revote.
And so on. Backup systems are a thing you should have anytime anything important is going on, and if you don't do anything wrong during the time of the failure then there's nothing to fear.
Funny you mention that. If a party fails to disclose something that is known to exist as part of discovery, the courts can make a negative inference.