Legal Opinion
Hilgeman v. American Mortgage Securities, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 27, 2000No. 2 CA-CV 98-0236PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PELANDER, Presiding Judge.
¶ 1 DefendanVappellant American Mortgage Securities (AMS) appeals from the trial court’s order denying AMS’s motion to set aside a default judgment entered against it pursuant to Rules 54(b) and 55(b)(2), Ariz. R. Civ. P., 16 A.R.S. The judgment awarded $900,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiffs/appellees David and Elizabeth Hilgeman on their complaint.
¶ 2 Because the trial court did not clearly abuse its discretion in finding that AMS had been properly served with process, we affirm that aspect of the court’s order which declined to set aside…
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