Jenkins v. Arnold

How courts have described this case

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

• distinguishing reckless indifference or inexcusable neglect from unintentional inadvertence or excusable neglect, the latter including failure of counsel to answer
• Court upheld trial court’s denial of motion to set aside default judgment because though the defendant demonstrated excusable neglect, he failed to establish a meritorious defense.
• \A litigant should not be unnecessarily penalized for the simple neglect of his agent or counsel.\
• “[A] court should resolve any doubt in favor of the motion [to set aside the default] so that cases may be decided on their merits.”
• “A litigant should not be unnecessarily penalized for the simple neglect of his agent or counsel.”
• \[A] court should resolve any doubt in favor of the motion [to set aside a default judgment] so that cases may be decided on their merits.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).