Default judgments in the U.S. are handled somewhat differently on a state-by-state basis. The particulars around a default judgment will depend on where a civil action is originally filed.

Carlos Cuevas explores the case law on vacating a default judgment. In order to vacate a default judgment a movant must establish a reasonable excuse for the default and a meritorious defense. The ...

Default judgments are sometimes called automatic judgments because of how fast they can happen. If you haven’t responded by the deadline stated in the summons after being sued for a debt, ...

Back to the default judgment opinion: On November 30, 2021, the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case scheduled a telephonic case management conference for December 14, 2021.

For four years and ten months, we have been responding to Samsung’s efforts to overturn the result of that bench trial. [This ...

Default judgment aimed at deindexing apparently accurate information about person convicted of sex offense. February 9, 2017 More than ...

The fact that an out-of-state judgment was entered by default does not change the presumption that the foreign court had jurisdiction, the state’s highest court has held.

In multiple filings Friday, Shelby County requested a circuit court judge rule to immediately remove Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert from office.

In the kingdom of disputed child custody, the default judgment animal may be on its way to extinction. <@SM><@SM><TAB>While the Court of Special Appeals last month did not actually do away with ...

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 285 So. 3d 389, 390 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (setting aside a court’s default and final default judgment for failure to provide defendants with notice of the application ...