In the case of Grit Drexel, LLC v. Crescent Abstract, LLC, April Term, 2023, No. 01466 (C.P. Phila. Co April 12, 2024 Patrick, J.), the court issued a Rule 1925 Opinion indicating that its Order granting a default judgment in favor of the Plaintiff property owner against a title company should be affirmed.
The court noted that the Defendant failed to timely file a Petition to Open a Default Judgment. According to the record, the Defendant waited 77 days to file the Petition, which the court found to be untimely.
The court also noted that the Defendant failed to plead a meritorious defense. The Defendant was also found to have failed to demonstrate any legitimate excuse for its failure to appear prior to the filing of the entry of a default judgment.
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Source: “The Legal Intelligencer Common Pleas Case Alert” Law.com (Aug. 22, 2024).