Wolfork v. Yale Medical Group

Summary

The court held that an order opening a judgment is ordinarily not appealable because it is not final, except when the appeal presents a colorable challenge to the trial court's subject matter jurisdiction to open the judgment. The defendants' challenges to statutory compliance and alleged fraud were therefore dismissed as premature, while the standing issue was reviewable and rejected because the successor administrator inherited the predecessor's legal interest and authority. The case was remanded for further proceedings, and no separate opinions were issued.