Berube v. McKesson Wine & Spirits Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing what neglectful conduct of an attorney will be excusable and setting forth factors to consider under rule 60[b][l] motions
• setting forth stringent requirements for vacating default judgment under Rule 60(b)
• rule more forgiving \where the mischief leading to the judgment occurs at the pretrial stage\
• a relevant factor is evaluating excusable neglect is “whether the error is chargeable to the party’s legal representative, rather than to the party himself’
• where a confused and inept attempt to have an order as to costs reviewed indicated that the late action was not deliberate
• also citing factors to consider

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).