Nelson v. Simpson

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• holding that whether the defendant has asserted a meritorious defense should also be considered in determining the propriety of a default judgment
• noting that prejudice to the defendant is one factor in determining whether to grant or set aside a default judgment
• “Trial courts should grant relief whenever any reasonable doubt exists concerning whether the default judgment should be set aside.”
• \The courts should construe Tenn.R.Civ.P. 60.02's requirements liberally when a party is seeking relief from a default judgment.\
• trial court should grant relief from default judgment when plaintiff has failed to comply with required procedural safeguards
• wilfulness of default and prejudice to non- defaulting party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).