ANTHEM COMPANIES, INC. v. WILLS

S18A1512.

823 S.E.2d 781 (2019)

The ANTHEM COMPANIES, INC. et al. v. WILLS, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Alan Buchanan , BUCHANAN & LAND, LLP, P, O. Box 2848, Columbus, Georgia 31902, William Alan Buchanan , BILL BUCHANAN, LLC, 1425 Wynnton Road, PO Box 5581, Columbus, Georgia 31906, James Russell Doyle, II , LEWIS, BRISBOIS, BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, James Andrew Washburn , TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216, Steven Leonard Strasberg , Miller Peterson Robinson , TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 5200, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216, for Appellant.

Ean Kade Cullefer , GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 270 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2200, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Amicus Appellant.

James D. Patrick, Jr. , JAMES D. PATRICK ATTORNEY AT LAW, P. O. Box 2745, Columbus, Georgia 31902, for Appellee.


The Anthem Companies, Inc. and Richard Andrews appeal the grant of spoliation sanctions issued against them, arguing that the trial court erred in finding spoliation in the first instance and in sanctioning them with an adverse jury instruction. Because we agree that, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court abused...

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