PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Default
......Appealing Default Judgment
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  • Normal time limits apply to appeal from default judgment.
  • Neither clerk's entry of default nor order denying motion to set aside clerk's entry of default, is appealable.
  • Well pleaded complaint doctrine does not apply in action collaterally attacking default judgment and complaint provided sufficient notice of damages sought.
  • Default judgment reviewable on appeal as any other civil judgment. That defendant defaulted in trial ct. does not bar right to appeal judgment entered.
  • Collateral attack on default judgment upheld only if judgment void on face of appellate record.