Wiest v. Wiegele

Mark P. Painter, Judge.

{¶ 1} This case is a civil-procedure nightmare. An amended complaint was not answered. Judgment was contested before being entered. The trial court denied a motion for relief from judgment, then granted a motion for relief from judgment, then vacated that judgment, and then granted it again — -though the last three times it had no jurisdiction. An appeal was filed without a stay, and the plaintiff then got the money.

{¶ 2} With our decision today, this case is finally over. But then, we thought that last time.

I. The Launch into a Procedural Abyss

{¶ 3} In September 2004,…