Discover Bank v. Morgan

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• holding that relief should be granted more liberally when only a partial default judgment is attacked
• holding that a plaintiff could recover actual damages under the TCPA for loss of credit if the plaintiff submitted sufficient proof of the amount damages requested
• noting that motions to revise under Rule 54.02 and motions for relief under Rule 60.02 are both reviewed for an abuse of discretion
• stating that “the judgment cannot be set aside on ‘excusable neglect’ grounds” if the conduct is found to be willful
• noting that “missed court dates may constitute excusable neglect when due to an attorney’s carelessness or inattention”
• noting that Rule 60.02 provides for relief from final judgments while Rule 59.04 relates to judgments which have not become final

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).