Peoples v. Fisher

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the defendants did not act willfully where settlement discussions were ongoing between the parties and where, upon entry of default, the defendants immediately moved to vacate the default
• finding that the defendants did not act willfully where settlement discussions were ongoing between the parties and where, upon entry of default, the defendants immediately moved to vacate the default
• “While courts are entitled to enforce compliance with the time limits of the Rules by various means, the extreme sanction of a default judgment must remain a weapon of last, rather than first, resort.”

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