Mid Dakota Clinic P.C. v. Livengood

VandeWalle, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Mid Dakota Clinic appealed a district court’s order denying its motion to vacate a satisfaction of judgment. We conclude the district court abused its discretion in failing to vacate the erroneously filed satisfaction of judgment. We reverse.

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[¶2] A default judgment was entered against Sara Livengood in December 2008. In 2012, Mid Dakota Clinic’s counsel filed a “Full Satisfaction of Judgment” with the district court. However, this filing contained errors; the document had Mid Dakota Clinic and Livengood’s case number but different pai’ties listed as plaintiff…