Collins Ex Rel. Quality Processing, Inc. v. Sigmon

Toal, Justice:

This case comes before us in an odd posture. The issue as we see it is whether a trial judge’s decision allowing an amendment of a pleading (here an Answer) is interlocutory in nature.

FACTS

The legal maneuvering in this case is exhaustive and surely discouraging for both parties involved. Collins obtained a judgment against Sigmon in Kentucky State Court in early 1983. Sigmon appealed this judgment initially, but then dropped the appeal. In March of 1983, Collins then sued Sigmon in this state, alleging the Kentucky judgment debt as his cause of action. Sigmon answered this South…