Bank of California v. Bryant

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to set aside a default judgment, which was entered on his failure to make an appearance. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that defendant had failed to act diligently to set the judgment aside after learning of its entry. We also agree with the trial court that the defense tendered by defendant was not meritorious. Given those bases for our decision, we need not decide whether defendant would otherwise be entitled to relief from default on any of the grounds specified in ORCP 71B.

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