Legal Opinion
William Wehrs, Jr. v. Kevin Wells
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2012No. 11-3369PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In 2007, William Wehrs filed a complaint against his stock broker, Kevin Wells, alleging he violated various federal securities and state laws by executing unauthorized trades on Wehrs’s account, resulting in significant losses. Wells never answered the complaint or appeared in court, and a default judgment was entered against him. Subsequently, Wells filed a motion to vacate the default judgment, which was granted with respect to damages but denied with respect to liability. The parties then agreed to submit the issue of damages to the district court by motion for…
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