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· 6/20/2000

Dumoff v. Spencer

Citations

  • 754 A.2d 1280
  • 2000 Pa. Super. 176
  • 2000 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1150

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that four-month delay is not prompt
  • prejudice is not a separate element examined by the courts if a petitioner did not establish all three requirements of the test to open the default judgment
  • petition to open default judgment may be granted only when it is promptly filed; trial court properly denied petition to open when party waited eleven months to file petition to open default
  • “after reviewing applicable case law regarding the untimely filing of a petition to open judgment, we find that prejudice is not a separate element examined by the courts when [defendant] did not establish all three requirements of the test to open the default judgment”
  • finding a four-month delay was untimely

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Judges: Popovich, Todd, Brosky

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