Wittich Law Firm, P.C. v. O'Connell
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wheat
¶1 Plaintiff and Appellee Wittich Law Firm, P.C., (WLF) filed a complaint seeking unpaid legal fees in the Sixth Judicial District Court, Park County. The District Court entered a default judgment in favor of WLF. Defendants and Appellants Valery Ann and Daniel O’Connell (the O’Connells) moved to vacate the entry of default judgment some nine months later. The District Court denied the motion, and the O’Connells appealed this denial pro se. We affirm.
STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES
¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:
¶3 1. Did the District Court slightly abuse its discretion by denying the…
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