PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Default
......Relief from Default
.........Equitable Relief from Judgment
............Equitable Relief Inappropriate
4 Cards On This Topic:

Intrinsic fraud in complaint not grounds for equitable relief from default judgment.

Collateral attack on default judgment upheld only if judgment void on face of appellate record.

Court cannot grant D’s request for equitable relief from default judgment where "inexcusable negligence" already shown in form of denial of request for relief under Code Civ. Proc. §473.

Equitable relief from default judgment not warranted where defendants failed to take any meaningful action in defense after service of complaint and notice of entry of default.