Court Sets Aside Default Judgment When Plaintiff Made No Attempt to Contact Defendant Electronically
The Arizona Court of Appeals earlier this month upheld the setting aside of a default judgment when the evidence showed that the plaintiff served the defendant by publication only even though he knew her email address, phone number, and how to contact the defendant through social media. In Ruffino v. Lokosky, the court agreed with the lower court “that modern methods of communication, especially email, were more likely to give [the defendant] notice of a suit than publication in a … Continued