Honeycrest Farms, Inc. v. A.O. Smith Corp.

A.O. Smith Corporation appeals a default judgment for $3,554,000 in compensatory damages and $7,000,000 in punitive damages in favor of Honeycrest Farms, Inc., and seeks summitry reversal on the ground that the trial court improperly refused to recognize its standing to challenge the adequacy of service of process. In the trial court's view, A.O. Smith's failure to request an extension of time to answer Honeycrest Farms' complaint deprived A.O. Smith of standing to raise the alleged nonservice of process. The trial court also ruled that A.O. Smith's remedy was a motion to vacate the default…