Rogers v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that if a defendant waives service of process, he must answer or risk default
• observing the Fifth Circuit’s general disfavor of default judgments and preference to resolve cases on their merits
• observing the Fifth Circuit’s general disfavor of default judgments and preference to resolve cases on their merits
• \Waiver of service of process does not in any way indicate that a defendant intends to defend.\
• “When a district court lacks jurisdiction over a defendant because of improper service of process, the default judgment is void and must be set aside.”
• “When a district court lacks jurisdiction over a defendant because of improper service of process, the default judgment is void.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).