LEVINE v. SHACKELFORD, MELTON & McKINLEY, L.L.P.

No. 06-0553.

248 S.W.3d 166 (2008)

Sol LEVINE, Dorothea Levine, and Mardan Energy Corporation, Petitioners, v. SHACKELFORD, MELTON & McKINLEY, L.L.P.; Bragg, Chumlea, McQuality; and Joseph G. Chumlea, P.C., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Wright, Richard Russell Hollenbeck, Julia Leigh Kurtz, Wright, Brown & Close, LLP, Houston, Thomas Glover Roberts, Roberts & Grant, P.C., Ben K. Barron, William V. Dorsaneo III, Dallas, Carlos G. Lopez, Irving, TX, for Petitioner

Brian D. Melton, Martha Hardwick Hofmeister, Joseph G. Chumlea, Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, Dallas, for Respondent.

Reagan W. Simpson, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, L.L.P., Harlingen, Jane M.N. Webre, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM.

In this case, we consider whether the court of appeals applied the correct standard in affirming a trial court's denial of a motion to set aside a default judgment. A three-part test determines whether a court should grant a motion for new trial to set aside a proper default judgment. Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc., 134 Tex. 388, 133 S.W.2d 124, 126 (1939). The first part of the Craddock test requires that "the failure of the defendant...

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