Bequer v. National City Bank

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Missing the complaint and the 3 correspondence on three different occasions is not evidence of a ‘system gone awry’ but rather a defective system altogether.”
• reversing an order vacating a default judgment because the moving party failed to explain what happened to the complaint or the subsequent correspondence advising of the default
• reversing an order setting aside a default final judgment based on excusable neglect where the bank’s inaction was not the result of a “system gone awry,” but rather of a “defective system altogether”
• reversing an order • setting aside a default final judgment based on excusable neglect where the bank’s inaction was- not the result of a “system gone awry,” but rather of a “defective system altogether”
• finding gross negligence, and thus no excusable neglect, where attorney and “system” missed initial complaint, three cover letters, defaults, and proposed final default judgments, and did not respond to entry of default judgment or move to set it aside for 19 days

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).