Kyle & Associates, Inc. v. Mahan

McCullough, Judge.

This case arises out of a lawsuit originally filed in South Carolina in which the trial court in Gaston County, North Carolina, subsequently denied defendants’ motion for relief from foreign judgment. The pertinent facts are as follows: A corporation organized in South Carolina, Kyle & Associates, Inc. (plaintiff), sued Thomas A. Mahan and Michael Auten (defendants) in South Carolina for money damages stemming from a business relationship. A South Carolina jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and awarded it $350,000 on 24 June 1999.

After obtaining its judgment in…