Kerth v. Polestar Entertainment

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

Introduction

The defendants — Polestar Entertainment, Glenn Tobias, and Besdine Management Company — appeal the circuit court’s judgment denying their motion to set aside a judgment entered by the trial court in 2007 in favor of the plaintiff. Because the defendants were not provided notice of the 2007 trial setting, the defendants’ due-process rights were violated and the trial court’s judgment must be set aside as void. We reverse and remand.

Factual and Procedural Background

The plaintiff, Susan Kerth, in her capacity as personal representative of the estate of…