Polygram Latino U.S. v. Torres

On June 4, 1999, a Final Default Judgment was entered against the defendant. On July 14, 1999, the defendant filed an Emergency Motion to Set Aside Final Default Judgment, which the court subsequently granted. We reverse.

In her Emergency Motion to Set Aside Final Default Judgment, the defendant claimed that she never received copies of anything filed in the case after she filed her initial Motion to Dismiss. She attributed this to the fact that the plaintiff was sending copies of the filings in envelopes that contained an incorrect Puerto Rico mailing address. Defendant submitted no evidence…