LBL Oil Co. v. International Power Services, Inc.

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• holding that, as a matter of due process, a defendant who makes an appearance in a case must receive notice of any filing or setting that could result in the disposition of the pending action
• noting that constitutional right to due process entitles defendant who has made appearance in cause to notice of trial setting
• holding failure to give pro se defendant notice of trial setting deprived him of due process
• stating that once a defendant has made an appearance in a cause, he is entitled to notice of the trial setting as a matter of due process
• finding that a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s claim, while not a formal answer, was an appearance entitling him to actual or constructive notice of the hearing in the motion for default judgment
• reversing and remanding case to trial court based on conclusion that defendant had no actual or constructive notice of trial setting

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