Legal Opinion
Morin v. Burris
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2007No. Nos. 77291-6; 77784-5; 77867-1PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 In all three cases before us, the plaintiffs properly initiated lawsuits against the defen*749dants. In all three cases before us, the defendants failed to file answers or otherwise formally appear. In two of these cases, plaintiffs successfully moved for default judgment. And in each of the cases, the Court of Appeals decided that the default judgments should be set aside.
Chambers, J.
*749¶2 This court has long favored resolution of cases on their merits over default judgments. Thus, we will liberally set aside default judgments pursuant to CR 55(c) and CR 60 and for equitable reasons in the…
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