Halstead Contractors, Inc. v. Yarbrough

LYONS, Justice.

Clarke Yarbrough, the defendant in an action pending in the Lee Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Jacob A. Walker III to set aside his order of March 23, 2000, denying Yar-brough’s motion for leave to file an amendment to a counterclaim and a third-party claim. We grant the petition.

In deciding the issue presented by this petition, we must balance the trial court’s obligation to assure expeditious management of the cases on its docket against our liberal policy of allowing amendments that do not unduly delay the trial. We are here presented with a…