Legal Opinion
Gerth v. American Star Insurance
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 28, 1992No. 91-0066PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMyse, J.
American Star Insurance Company appeals a default judgment awarded against it because of its failure to timely answer the complaint, and an order that denied American Star's motion to extend the time for answering and granted Harold Gerth's motion to strike American Star's answer to the pleadings.
American Star contends that the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to grant it additional time to answer the complaint, by striking its untimely answer and by entering a default judgment because American Star's failure to timely answer the complaint was the result of excusable neglect.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loy v. BundersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982
- Hedtcke v. Sentry InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982
- Cords v. AndersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- State Ex Rel. S.M.O. v. ResheskeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1982
- Guyette v. West Bend Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1981
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- Lambert v. HeinCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1998
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