Legal Opinion
Suburban Janitorial Services v. American
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 30, 1993No. 31988-4-IPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtForrest, J.
Suburban Janitorial Services (Suburban) appeals the trial court's decision granting Clarke American's (Clarke) motion to vacate a default judgment, contending the court was without authority to do so. We affirm.
Suburban served a summons and complaint on May 28, 1991, on Clarke alleging that Clarke had breached its contract by hiring one or more of Suburban's former employees in violation of a covenant not to compete. Clarke did not respond within 20 days of service. Suburban filed the complaint and obtained a default judgment on June 19, 1991.
In the interim between service and the answer…
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