US Xpress, Inc. v. W. TIMOTHY ASKEW & COMPANY

How courts have described this case

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• neglect of attorney was neglect of client and furnished no excuse to set aside judgment
• mistake coupled with press of business does not make neglect excusable in context of opening default
• failure to file answer was due solely to a mistake in the attorney’s office and the attorney’s busy trial schedule
• the mere press of business in an attorney’s office does not constitute excusable neglect
• amendment allowed without court order where defendant was misidentified in the complaint, the real party was served with the original complaint, and there was no evidence that original defendant was an existing corporation wholly different, from the real defendant
• amendment allowed without court order where defendant was misidentified in the complaint, the real party was served with the original complaint, and there was no evidence that original defendant was an existing corporation wholly different from the real defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).