A federal judge has partly granted plaintiffs’ requests for default judgment and extended time to serve several defendants in ...

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued a default judgment against a blogger who used his website to carry out what the court ...

Under Evans the full and fair opportunity to litigate requirement under New York law is met when a defendant was properly served and had the opportunity to defend against the claim. Evans does not ...

The court further noted that default judgment procedures are limited in divorce actions, which Jana Singer, a professor at the University of Maryland law school, was quick to observe.“We don’t have a ...

An important issue that commonly arises in state court civil litigation is the vacatur of a default judgment. CPLR 5015(a)(1) permits a court to vacate a default judgment, and it states: (a) On motion ...

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Freeholders failing to provide a timely response to a particulars of claim face an order for default judgment and a listing to determine quantum (if the claim is for an unspecified amount) and for an ...

The Colorado Supreme Court considered last week what steps insurance companies must take to defend themselves against lawsuits from injured policyholders who, based on a technicality, were legally not ...