Reservation Operations Ctr. LLC v. Scottsdale Ins. Co.

Justice Jim Rice delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***384¶1 Scottsdale Insurance Company (Scottsdale) appeals from the deemed denial of its motion to set aside the default judgment entered against it by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. We reverse the entry of the default judgment and remand for further proceedings, addressing the following issue:

Did the District Court err in denying, by operation of law, Scottsdale's M. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(4) motion to set aside the default judgment?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 This action arises out of an insurance coverage dispute…