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· 10/21/2008

Ferguson v. Brown

Citations

  • 291 S.W.3d 381
  • 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 640
  • 2008 WL 4657827

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “[a]n attorney’s “mere oversight or negligence, without more, does not automatically amount to excusable neglect”
  • finding excusable neglect where counsel’s failure to meet deadlines was caused by his failure to calendar the deadlines due to a “serious, life threatening family situation”
  • “Rule 60.02 affords a parly a means to seek relief from a final, non-appealable judgment.”
  • “Rule 59.04 allows a party to seek relief from a judgment within thirty days after being entered; conversely, Rule 60.02 affords a party a means to seek relief from a final, non-appealable judgment.”

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Judges: Clement, Bennett, Dinkins

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