Fields v. Gibson

SPINDEN, Judge.

Scott Gibson, doing business as Gibson Contracting and Demolition, appeals the trial court’s entering a nearly $1.2 million judgment against him although he did not appear for trial. Gibson contends that he did not appear because he did not receive notices of the trial court’s docket call or special trial setting. We agree with the trial court’s determination that Gibson had sufficient notice of the docket call because the court published notice in a periodical devoted to legal notices, but we reverse the trial court’s denial of Gibson’s motion to set aside the judgment because…