Dreisbach v. Reed

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment in the amount of $25,000.00, plus interest. We affirm.

The Appellant contends the trial court abused its discretion by failing to grant a new trial.

Appellant had filed a negligence suit against the Appellee’s husband over a 1985 auto accident. The Appellee and her husband counterclaimed. Attorney for the Appellant obtained a trial setting for October 17, 1988. Settlement was reached prior to the trial date between Appellee’s husband and the Appellant, and those actions, together with the action of the Appellant against the…