Acosta v. DT & C Global Management, LLC

DT & C Global Management operated a ground transportation company in Chicago. The company and two of its owners were sued by former employees and the government for violating state and federal wage-payment laws. After the defendants ignored court orders, the district judges entered defauit judgments for the plaintiffs. Eleven months later, the defendants moved to vacate both judgments. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). Deeming their excuses too little, too late, the judges denied the motions, precipitating this appeal. Because the defendants did not show good cause for the default, did hot act…