Corzo Trucking Corp. v. West

This is a tale of modern courts confronting a common law cause of action, an action on a judgment. In entering a final judgment in 2006, the circuit court used *1287language which obscured the nature of the final judgment. The judgment creditor sought to address that problem by filing an action on that judgment. The circuit court dismissed the action with prejudice. We reverse, holding that the judgment creditor was authorized to bring an action on the 2006 judgment.

On March 6, 1985, appellant Corzo Trucking Corporation obtained an amended final judgment against appellee Bob West. The judgment…