Brooks Williamson & Associates, Inc. v. Mayflower Construction Co.

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• finding that lack of notice of intent to seek default judgment constitutes good cause for default judgment to be set aside
• finding that lack of notice of intent to seek default judgment constitutes good cause for default judgment to be set aside
• finding that lack of notice of intent to seek default judgment required that judgment to be set aside, notwithstanding the defendants’ failure to establish a meritorious defense
• “A court cannot adjudicate an in personam controversy without first having obtained jurisdiction over the defendant by service of process.”
• Good cause may be established by demonstrating “a procedural irregularity or defect or a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the requirements that led to the default judgment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).