Hannah v. Blackwell

This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 55(c), Ala.R.Civ.P., motion to set aside a default judgment. That judgment was entered in favor of Ellen C. Blackwell and against Robert Hannah, Jr., in an automobile accident case. The question presented is whether the denial was an abuse of discretion.

Hannah and Blackwell were involved in an automobile collision in Gulf Shores. The accident report completed by the investigating officer listed Hannah's address as being in Florence, Mississippi, in accordance with the driver's license he was using at the time. However, Hannah contends that he filled…