Duckson v. Wee Wheelers, Inc.

KELLY, Judge.

This appeal asks us to determine whether the trial court erred in denying Joseph Pietropaolo’s petition to open a default judgment. The trial court did not accept as reasonable appellant’s excuse for the delay in filing an answer to appellee’s complaint. The trial court, however, did not weigh the equities presented by the circumstances in this case nor balance the prejudice to the two sides, as the relevant case law requires. Thus, we hold that the trial court erred in refusing to open the default judgment, and reverse.

*254We preface our reasoning with this summary of the pertinent…