Inryco, Inc. v. Metropolitan Engineering Company, Inc., and American Fidelity Fire Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant’s counsel “showed a callous disregard for the procedures of this circuit”
• remedy for attorney failure lies in malpractice suit not Rule 60(B) motion
• “The defendants here were not diligent in pursuing this case and therefore would not prevail even if gross negligence qualified as another Rule 60(b) ground for relief, because courts allowing such relief uniformly require a diligent, conscientious client.”
• addressing these considerations in context of default judgment
• attorney's conduct not excusable neglect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).