Wiseman v. Levinthal

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

The only issue here is whether the defendant satisfied the requirements for setting aside the judgment. The trial court granted Robert Levinthal, M.D., the plaintiff, a post-answer default judgment against J.W. Wiseman, the defendant, when Wiseman failed to appear at trial. We find that the defendant did not satisfy the requirements for setting aside the judgment and we affirm.

This is an appeal, voluntarily accelerated by the parties, in which they agree to: Submit briefs on an accelerated schedule (appellant files his brief 20 days from the filing of the record,…