However, in order for the injured party to pursue a remedy for spoliation, the spoliating party must have been under a duty to preserve the evidence at issue. Whitfield v. Tequila Mexican Restaurant No. 1, 323 Ga.App. 801, 807(6), 748 S.E.2d 281 (2013). OCGA § 24–14–22 provides:
(Citations and punctuation omitted; emphasis in original.) Whitfield v. Tequila Mexican Restaurant No. 1, Inc., 323 Ga.App. 801, 807(6), 748 S.E.2d 281 (2013). See also Clayton County v. Austin–Powell, 321 Ga.App. 12, 17, 740 S.E.2d 831 (2013).