Antonopoulos v. Eisner

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas, overruling defendant appellant’s motion to vacate a $10,000 default judgment, taken upon her failure to answer or otherwise appear and defend. Plaintiff’s claim is in tort, for negligence, to recover for injuries sustained in a parking lot collision between automobiles driven by the parties. The whole of her special damages came to approximately $500.

By the motion to vacate, as supported by briefs, affidavits, and testimony, the defendant contends that her failure to answer was due to excusable neglect, and that she has a good…