SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, INC. v. Thompson

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• observing that due to hospital’s default, hospital had admitted every material allegation in the complaint, except the amount of damages, and, thus, the element of proximate cause, as well as negligence, were admitted and required no further proof
• \The element of proximate cause ... having been alleged in plaintiff's complaint is admitted due to the default of defendant and requires no further proof.\
• service sufficient upon a secretary who had accepted service in the past and was knowledgeable about the procedures to be used when service did occur
• where it was shown that the secretary to whom the process was delivered regularly accepted service on behalf of the corporation and was knowledgeable about the procedures to be followed in such situations

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