The Wolf Organization, Inc. v. TNG Contractors, LLC

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Judgment creditor petitioned to enforce Pennsylvania default judgment under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 26-6-101 to -108 (2017). Judgment debtor moved for summary judgment, claiming that the Pennsylvania judgment was void because the court lacked personal jurisdiction. The trial court denied the judgment debtor's motion for summary judgment and later granted summary judgment to the judgment creditor. The trial court also denied the judgment creditor's subsequent motion to supplement the balance of the judgment to include post-judgment attorney's fees and expenses. Both parties raise issues on appeal. We conclude that the judgment debtor waived its personal jurisdiction defense in the Pennsylvania court. We further conclude that the judgment creditor could not seek an award of post-judgment attorney's fees and expenses in this enforcement action. So we affirm