Yuanzong Fu v. Rhodes

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 When the real estate bubble burst in 2008, the petitioners-a group of real estate investors-defaulted on a series of loans from respondent Yuanzong Fu. Fu sued. After more than a year of pretrial litigation, the district court entered default judgment against the petitioners because of their repeated failure to meet discovery deadlines. This judgment was affirmed by the court of appeals, which decided unanimously that the district court had not abused its discretion by entering a default. Fu v. Rhodes, 2013 UT App 120, ¶¶ 10-11, 304 P.3d 80.

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