In re Interest of Sayrah P.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the mere fact that the other party was playing hardball litigation was insufficient to warrant relief
• holding suits alleging wrongful discharge action and overtime compensation both arose from a single transaction, plaintiff’s “employment relationship,” and thus were required to have been brought in one proceeding
• “Excusable litigation mistakes are not those which were the result of a deliberate and counseled decision by the complaining party.”
• “Excusable litigation mistakes are not those which were the result of a deliberate and counseled decision by the complaining party.”
• “Relief under Rule 60(b), however, is ‘extraordinary and may only be granted in exceptional circumstances.’”
• “Rule 60(b)(1) motions premised upon mistake are intended to provide relief to a party . . . when the party has made an excusable litigation mistake or an attorney in the litigation has acted without authority[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).