Seeger v. First Union National Bank

¶ 1 Appellant, First Union National Bank (First Union), appeals from the March 3, 2003, order of court denying its petition to open default judgment. The procedural history of this case is as follows:

¶2 Appellee, Stephen Seeger (Seeger), filed a complaint in the court of common pleas on July 18, 2002. The sheriff effectuated service on First Union on July 24, 2002. First Union did not respond to the complaint. On September 17, 2002, Seeger served a ten-day notice of intent to take default judgment. First Union still did not respond to the complaint. On September 30, 2002, Seeger filed a…