Richas v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, ETC.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial court’s denial of a motion to set aside an entry of default is reviewed for an abuse of discretion
• observing that all doubts as to whether a default should be set aside should be resolved in favor of the moving party
• stating that “[w]here there is no explanation for the delay, there is no excuse shown and no legal ground” to support a finding of good cause
• requiring an appellant to “set forth facts which, if proved at the trial, would constitute a meritorious defense” to entry of a default judgment
• stating “[a] meritorious defense must be established by facts and cannot be established through conclusions, assumptions or affidavits based on other than personal knowledge”
• noting that the rule requires “‘excusable neglect,’ not ‘unexplained neglect’’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).