California Court of Appeal

Default judgment entered against defendants is reversed where plaintiffs failed to provide actual notice of the amounts of damages sought a reasonable time before the entry of defaults, and defendants are entitled to mandatory relief from the defaults and default judgment based on their attorney's declaration of fault.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2006
• Published 11/22/2006

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Harding, Larmore, Mullen, Jakle, Kutcher & Kozal, Dennis M. Mullen, Christine Arden, Santa Monica;  Law Offices of Roxanne Huddleston and Roxanne Huddleston, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants., Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel and David S. Olson, Sherman Oaks, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.