NCS Healthcare of Arkansas, Inc. v. W.P. Malone, Inc.

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The appellant, NCS Healthcare of Arkansas, Inc., appeals from a default judgment in favor of the appellee, W. P. Malone, Inc. The default judgment was entered following an order of remand from a federal district court. In the first point on appeal, NCS makes two arguments in support of its claim that the circuit court abused its discretion and erred as a matter of law when it entered the default judgment against NCS: (1) the federal pleadings filed in state court after remand satisfy the requirement of Ark. R. Civ. P. 55(a) that a party “plead or otherwise…