Post
Topic
Board Hardware
Re: YES, you can get a REFUND from BFL
by
darkmule
on 22/11/2014, 23:32:47 UTC
The judge issued a default judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in at least one non-delivery case.  (A default judgment occurs when the accused does not bother to respond or show up in court.)  BFL now wants that default judgment overturned.  My opinion:  When they found out that the legal system does work, even if not quickly, arrogance became fear.

Default judgments are fairly routinely overturned when they result from a mere mistake or inadvertence.  The doctrine is called excusable neglect and generally applies with trivial missed deadlines and actually having a valid defense.  BFL may be SOL on the latter part, though courts usually would prefer to decide cases on the merits as opposed to procedural defaults.

(Now, when a default is due to willful bad conduct, it's a different matter.  Not sure if that applies here.)