MECHTENSIMER v. WILSON

Record No. 921296.

431 S.E.2d 301 (1993)

Earl C. MECHTENSIMER v. Wesley WILSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Hoyle, Jr., Newport News (Jeffrey K. Yeats, Newport News, Ronald F. Schmidt, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

James F. Thornton, III, Newport News (Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court had jurisdiction to adjudicate an action in which the defendant filed responsive pleadings to an amended motion for judgment even though the plaintiff failed to obtain leave of court before filing the amended pleading.

On June 21, 1990, Dr. Earl C. Mechtensimer filed a motion for judgment against Wesley Wilson and others, alleging that they had committed certain tortious acts against him...

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