In Mechling v. Asbestos Defendants (No. A150132, filed 12/11/18), a California appeals court affirmed the trial court’s grant of an insurer’s motion to set aside default judgments entered against its ...

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A Chicago judge had to roll back the decision to award a woman a default judgment against R. Kelly because the singer’s lawyer has stated that he was unable to read the lawsuit. The woman is also one ...

ADRIAN — Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked a Lenawee County court to set aside the $100 million judgment it granted in a Michigan inmate's lawsuit claiming the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted him in 1997 ...

The Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc, reversed a trial court order setting aside a default judgment against an insurer, based on improper service/absence of personal jurisdiction, because the ...

Default stops defendants from challenging claims after time to respond to claims expires Clerk's default is speediest method for obtaining default Court's default is required when defendant is ...

A northeast Georgia trial court entered a $25.7 million judgment against a defendant in a wrongful-death case who didn't appear at trial. Now, both a trial and intermediate court have declined to ...