City of Valdez v. Salomon

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• holding that trial court abused its discretion by refusing to set aside default judgment issued for plaintiff where plaintiff’s attorney did not respond to defendant's pre-judgment request for information
• holding that trial court abused its discretion in granting default judgment to a party whose counsel employed inaction as a tactical tool, after tacitly leading opposing counsel to believe that action was not necessary.
• purpose of default is to prevent a procrastinating defendant from unduly delaying a ease; it should not be regarded as a tactical tool by which plaintiff may obtain judgment without the bother and expense of litigation

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