Wright v. Commercial Union Insurance

WEBB, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action against defendant Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial) seeking damages resulting from Commercial’s alleged champerty and maintenance. From summary judgment in favor of Commercial, plaintiffs appealed raising the questions of whether the trial court properly denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint and whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment for Commercial. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I

The undisputed factual situation is as follows:

In August 1971, Grady Paul Ridge and Nina Ridge were injured in an…