Last week, a Michigan inmate, Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, was awarded a $100 million default judgment against Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean “Diddy” Combs following a lawsuit in which he accused the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ADRIAN — Sean "Diddy" Combs has asked a Lenawee County court to set aside the $100 million judgment it granted in a Michigan ...

Revisiting its prior decision that subsequent jurisprudence had since overtaken, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled that an associate judge had jurisdiction to decide whether to set aside a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

"We don't think it's going to go anywhere, because the trial judge already rejected their other arguments," plaintiff-appellee counsel said. "Obviously, the defense doesn't either, or they wouldn't be ...

SEATTLE — The latest twist in the legal saga of "Belltown Hellcat" driver Miles Hudson arrived Monday, as the 21-year-old's lawyer in his civil case with the City of Seattle filed a motion to withdraw ...

The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt to reinstate a $430,000 default judgment stemming from a failed property purchase in Anmore, upholding a previous ruling that found the ...

"These principles flow naturally from the court’s interest in vigorously defending the integrity of the legal process and procedural rules. When a party is served properly and fails to appear, as is ...