VANDERMOON v. SANWONG
Provision of Code of Civil Procedure Section 473(b) requiring court to set aside "default" or "default judgment" where it is result of attorney mistake, inadvertence, surprise or neglect applies only where defendant has failed to answer a complaint, or where court has entered judgment against defendant after entering defendant's default following his failure to answer. Where court entered amended judgment against defendants following uncontested trial from which defendants were absent due to counsel's failure to inform them of trial date, Sec. 473(b) did not apply.
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