Leonard v. Cattahach

The DuPont Mutual Insurance Company (DuPont) seeks review of a default judgment granted against it for failing to timely answer a summons and complaint served on it through the office of the commissioner of insurance pursuant to § 601.73, STATS. DuPont claims that its answer was timely under the extension provisions of § 801.15(5), Stats. Alternatively, even if its answer was filed late, DuPont maintains that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion when it refused to find excusable neglect, denied DuPont's motion for an enlargement of time, and struck the answer. Finally,…