Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Progress Rail Services Corporation, an Alabama Corporation

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• finding that the district court abused its discretion by not finding excusable neglect where defendant failed to timely answer because of “faulty record-keeping” in the legal department
• finding that district court abused its discretion by not finding excusable neglect where defendant failed to file an answer because of “faulty record- keeping” in the legal department
• considering whether coun sel committed only “a single, simple error that left [the defaulting defendant] unaware of [the plaintiffs] lawsuit”
• reversing district court’s denial of motion to vacate default where company failed to answer because of a recoding error by its legal department
• setting aside default judgment when movant’s error was not a mistake of law or negligent acts over a “long period of time despite receiving warnings about its omission.”
• excusing untimely fifing that resulted from a “recording error by [defendant’s] legal department”

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