Legal Opinion
GTE Automatic Electric, Inc. v. ARC Industries, Inc.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1976No. 75-1011PublishedCited by 1,153 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO ’Neill, C. J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether it was an abuse .of discretion for the trial court to grant appellant’s motion; under Civ. R. 60(B), to vacate the default judgment previously entered. Since this court finds that the trial court did abuse its discretion under the facts of this case, the judgment of the Court of Appeals must be affirmed.
Initially, however, the court must first determine that an order vacating a default judgment is a final order and, therefore, appealable. Section 3(B)(2), Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.
The general rule in the federal courts is that an…
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