Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1998No. 97-2586PublishedCited by 333 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Dayton Electric Manufacturing Company (“Dayton Electric”) appeals the district court’s order refusing to set aside an entry of default. Concluding there is good cause to set aside a default caused by Dayton Electric’s negligent failure to file a timely answer, we reverse.
In August 1994, a fire killed and injured children at Melissa Johnson’s home in Little Rock. The fire apparently started in a window fan. In March 1996, Johnson’s attorney, Barry Bryant, wrote Dayton Electric suggesting settlement of a products liability claim that Dayton Electric had manufactured the…
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