J.I. Case Co. v. Steel Fabricators, Inc.

ANSTEAD, Chief Judge.

The trial court’s order striking the defensive pleadings of the appellant is hereby affirmed. A prior order prohibited any destructive testing of the material that was the subject matter of appellee’s products liability claim against the appellant. There is substantial competent evidence in the record to support the trial court’s findings that appellant willfully violated this prior order and that such violation prejudiced the appellee’s ability to prosecute its claim against the appellant.

We agree with the appellant that a trial court should be very cautious in…