The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a district court decision, allowing collection of actual damages in a default judgment where the complaint only sought damages “in ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton that litigants do not have unlimited ...

“The court finds that default judgment is inappropriate here because plaintiff has failed to show that the unchallenged facts in the complaint constitute a legitimate cause of action,” U.S. District ...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton (1/20/26) resolved a decades-long ...

A Michigan inmate has been granted $100 million in a default civil suit judgment filed against Sean "Diddy" Combs for an alleged 1997 sexual assault. Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who filed the civil ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is challenging a recent ruling in a sexual assault lawsuit against him. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Combs, 54, filed an emergency motion to vacate a default judgment, and a motion to ...

In most cases, ignoring a problem won't make it go away. When served with a summons and complaint in a civil lawsuit, ignoring the problem will only make it a whole lot worse. That's what former NFL ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs is fighting back in court after the embattled rap mogul was ordered to pay $100 million to an alleged victim of sexual assault. Combs, who is the subject of numerous sexual assault ...

A New York-based auto parts company argued a judgment against it was void from the start because it was never served properly.

A Brooklyn federal judge has entered a default judgment against A & G Iron Works Corp. and its owner, Ali Elgerushi, after the company ...