Court: Companies must keep video of workplace accidents

HELENA (AP) — Companies must preserve video recorded at the time of a workplace accident, even if company officials previously concluded the footage is not relevant, the Montana Supreme Court said in a ruling granting a railroad machinist a new trial.

The 6-1 ruling was made Friday in a case brought by an injured machinist against BNSF Railway Company in an alleged 2009 accident in the BNSF Diesel Shop in Havre. The machinist, Mark Spotted Horse, said BNSF destroyed video footage that would have provided evidence of his claims of the company’s negligence.

According to court documents, Spotted...