Altamaha Convalescent Center, Inc. v. Godwin

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The defendant objects to the trial court’s allowance of plaintiffs post-pretrial conference amendment to his complaint alleging that the defendant had acted in bad faith, had been stubbornly litigious and had caused the plaintiff unnecessary trouble and expense. Code Ann. § 81A-115 (a) provides that a pleading may be amended as a matter of course and without leave of court at any time before the entry of a pre-trial order; thereafter, an amendment requires leave of court or written consent of the adverse party. Code Ann. § 81A-116 (2) notes that one of the…