Legal Opinion
Matera v. McLeod
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 22, 2006No. B186714PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
James McLeod and Carolyn Minium appeal a default judgment and the denial of their motion for relief from the defaults and default judgment. Defendants moved for relief under Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b) 1 based on their attorney’s neglect in failing to comply with a discovery order and failing to oppose a motion for a terminating sanction. On appeal, they contend plaintiffs failed to provide actual notice of the amounts of compensatory and punitive damages requested a reasonable time before the defaults were entered and therefore are not entitled to…
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