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· 4/23/1986

Gaertner v. 880 CORP.

Citations

  • 389 N.W.2d 59
  • 131 Wis. 2d 492
  • 1986 Wisc. App. LEXIS 3424

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding trial court's striking of answer and granting of default due to failure of defendants to attend scheduling conference where trial court found defendants' conduct to be egregious
  • affirming the circuit court's entry of default judgment against a party for failure to appear at a scheduling conference, but reversing as to damages requested as they were unsupported by the record
  • trial court had statutory authority, exercisable in its sound discretion, to render a default judgment against 880 for failure to appear at a scheduling conference
  • where a record does not provide underlying support for amount of damages awarded, proof of facts is necessary for a circuit court to fix a damage amount and to render judgment
  • failure to appear at a scheduling conference

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Judges: Scott, Brown, Nettesheim

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