Legal Opinion
Miner v. Punch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1988No. Nos. 86-3545, 87-3251PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals involve an attempt by John Miner to enforce a default judgment, and a motion by the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Ohio to vacate that judgment. The district court denied both motions. We affirm the decision denying enforcement; we reverse the decision declining to vacate the default judgment.
Background
The parties controvert neither the relevant and material facts nor the sequence of events critical to today’s resolution. On December 1, 1978, while working on a shrimp boat owned by David Punch, Miner was injured. On April 10, 1980…
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