Legal Opinion
Summers v. McClanahan
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 12, 2006No. B182869PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, Acting P. J.
The trial court awarded plaintiff Dirk Summers a $3.75 million default judgment. Defendant Rue McClanahan appeals from the judgment and the trial court’s orders denying her motions to set aside her default and vacate the judgment. Because we conclude plaintiff’s attempted service of process did not substantially comply with the requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 416.90, we reverse the first trial court order and remand the cause to the trial court with directions to set aside defendant’s default, vacate the default judgment and set a reasonable time…
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