Lawrence-Allison & Associates West, Inc. v. Archer

BROWN, Chief Justice, Retired.

Appellant Lawrence-Allison & Associates West, Inc., appeals a judgment awarding damages and costs to appellee Brian Lorensen. Underlying this dispute is a tort action based on the termination of appel-lee’s employment contract with appellant. This appeal addresses the propriety of the trial court’s entry of default on liability against appellant for failure to appear at trial with counsel. Appellant also challenges an order of partial summary judgment collaterally estopping it from litigating certain factual issues raised in an April 1984 administrative decision…