Ermert v. Hartford Ins. Co.

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

On October 2, 1987 plaintiff, Karl F. Er-mert, III, obtained a judgment for $595,-000.00 against Kenneth Decareaux, his insurer, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Nu-Arrow Fence Company, Inc., and its insurer Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company. Long after the judgment became final, on September 10,1990, the trial court amended the judgment to delete State Farm as a judgment debtor. Hartford has appealed. The immediate issue is whether LSA-C.C.P. art. 1951 authorizing the trial court to amend a judgment at any time was applicable in this case. The ultimate issue is…