Bermuda Atlantic Line Ltd. v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

Appellant, Bermuda Atlantic Line Limited, appeals the denial of its motion for relief from a default judgment. The default was entered when appellant failed to appear at pretrial conference with a new attorney as required by the court’s order granting the motion to withdraw of the appellant’s former attorney. Appellant was not properly served by its attorney with the motion to withdraw, nor did appellant actually receive the order granting the former attorney’s motion.1 At the pretrial hearing, appellees made an oral application for default, of which appellants had no notice. Under these…