Sidwell v. Sidwell

How courts have described this case

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• where the only reason given by the defendants for opening the default on proper-case grounds was the “self-serving rationalization” that they were worried about the lawsuit upsetting an elderly gentleman
• “a proper case” does not vest a court with unbridled discretion to open a default for reasons falling short of a reasonable excuse for failure to answer; defendant’s desire to avoid causing the plaintiff, his dying father, emotional pain held unreasonable explanation for untimely answer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• BOWEN v. SAVOY
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 25×
• Moore v. BellSouth Mobility, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-20· cited 23×
• Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Future Communications, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-17· cited 13×
• Balmer v. Elan Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-13· cited 11×
• Parker v. Kennon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-08· cited 10×
• TBF FINANCIAL, LLC v. Houston
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-01· cited 9×
• Strader v. Palladian Enterprises, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-16· cited 9×
• Samadi v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-12-14· cited 6×
• MacDonald v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-17· cited 4×
• DeLeGal v. Burch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-21· cited 2×
• Cotton v. Lamb
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-15· cited 2×
• Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. King
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-19· cited 1×
• Thelma Ward, as Surviving Spouse of Jimmie Ward v. Marriott International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-25

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stewart v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 25×
• Coleman v. Dairyland Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-10-26· cited 20×
• First Union National Bank v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 18×
• Holt v. Scott
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-12· cited 17×
• Georgia Highway Express Company v. Do-All Chemical Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-12-02· cited 16×
• Brumit v. Mull
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-03-08· cited 15×
• B-X Corp. v. Fulton Plumbing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-10-22· cited 13×
• State v. Tate
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-04· cited 11×
• Fulton County Hospital Authority v. Hyman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-19· cited 8×
• Stout v. SIGNATE HOLDING, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-09-10· cited 7×
• West Court Square v. Assayag
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-04-02· cited 6×
• McDonough Contractors, Inc. v. MARTIN & DeLOACH PAVING & CONTRACTING COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-24· cited 5×
• Gandy v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-03-08· cited 2×
• Brown v. National Van Lines, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-19· cited 1×