Carothers v. Butkin Precision Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages from the defendant for numerous alleged violations of the state’s hazardous waste management regulations. Because the defendant failed to appear for trial, the trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for default. Thereafter, the trial court conducted a hearing in damages. At that hearing, the trial court rendered judgment on only two of the violations alleged in the complaint and denied judgment on the remaining twenty-eight violations. The sole issue on *209appeal1 is whether the trial court, having granted the plaintiffs motion for default…