Zdravkovich v. Bell Atlantic-Tricon Leasing, Corp.

CHASANOW, Judge.

Dushko S. Zdravkovich (Zdravkovich) was before the District Court of Maryland as both a plaintiff and a defendant in two consolidated actions. He was present at the 8:30 a.m. docket call, but later that morning at approximately 11:00 a.m. when his cases were recalled for trial, neither he nor his attorney were present in the courtroom. The cases proceeded in his absence. A default judgment was entered against Zdravkovich for $2,959.50 in the case in which he was a defendant, and judgment for the defendant was entered in the case in which he was a plaintiff. To further compound…