Martin v. Rossi

HAIRE, Chief Judge,

Division 1.

On this appeal the plaintiff-appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the defendant-appellee’s motion to set aside a default judgment entered against the defendant.

Plaintiff Martin filed an action in the Superior Court seeking damages from defendant Rossi alleged to have resulted from an intersection collision. The defendant was a City of Phoenix police officer, and at the time of the collision he was acting within the course and scope of his employment. However, the City of Phoenix was not made a defendant in the action. The…