MITCHELL v. SPEERING

No. A99A1494.

521 S.E.2d 419 (1999)

239 Ga. App. 472

MITCHELL v. SPEERING.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell & Bell, David B. Bell, Sharon B. Enoch, Augusta, for appellants.

Thompson & Smith, Larry I. Smith, Augusta, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Sharon Mitchell sued Mabry Kathryn Speering in the Civil Court of Richmond County for causing a three-vehicle collision. After Speering failed to respond to Mitchell's complaint, the trial court entered a $20,000 default judgment. More than three and a half months later, the court granted Speering's motion to set aside the default judgment, finding a proper case for doing so under OCGA § 9-11-60. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

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