Schneider v. Spaeth

Appellant, Ethel Schneider, appeals the trial court’s entry of a default and default final judgment against her after she failed to attend a case management conference. Schneider argues that the court erred in entering the default without including the requisite findings that her conduct, upon which the default was based, was willful. We agree, and reverse.

Schneider was one of several defendants in a suit brought by appellee, Peter Spaeth. After approximately two years of litigation between the parties, Schneider failed to appear at a mandatory case management conference. As a result of her…