PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Default
......Relief from Default
.........Equitable Relief from Judgment
............Damages Award Excessive
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D's default set aside where $59K judgment after one late payment on note was an unenforceable penalty—the amount bore no reasonable relationship to the amount of damages P would suffer as a result of D's breach.

Damages awarded by default judgment may be reviewed by appellate court if amt. of award so disproportionate to injury suffered as to be w/o evidentiary support and shocking to the conscience.