HEARING ON MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT
FILED BY GARDNER FORSTER III
* TENTATIVE RULING: *
Defendant Gardner Forster III’s motion to vacate the judgment is granted.
Plaintiff Patricia Fox obtained a judgment against Defendant Gardner Forster III in Alaska state court. The default judgment was based on a car accident in 1983 where Defendant, who was later charged with driving while intoxicated, hit Plaintiff’s car and seriously injured her. Plaintiff received a default judgment against Defendant in 1987 for $445,557. The current value of this judgment (with Alaska’s 10.5% interest rate) is $1,868,991. Plaintiff has not collected any of this judgment from Defendant and she claims it is because she has been unable to locate him. In 2015, Plaintiff finally located Defendant in this County. On February 20, 2018, she filed an application for entry of judgment based on a sister-state judgment pursuant to the Sister State and Foreign Money - Judgments Act (SSFMJA), Code of Civil Procedure §17
Hearing Date
May 23, 2018
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HEARING ON MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT
FILED BY GARDNER FORSTER III
* TENTATIVE RULING: *
Defendant Gardner Forster III’s motion to vacate the judgment is granted.
Plaintiff Patricia Fox obtained a judgment against Defendant Gardner Forster III in Alaska state court. The default judgment was based on a car accident in 1983 where Defendant, who was later charged with driving while intoxicated, hit Plaintiff’s car and seriously injured her. Plaintiff received a default judgment against Defendant in 1987 for $445,557. The current value of this judgment (with Alaska’s 10.5% interest rate) is $1,868,991. Plaintiff has not collected any of this judgment from Defendant and she claims it is because she has been unable to locate him. In 2015, Plaintiff finally located Defendant in this County. On February 20, 2018, she filed an application for entry of judgment based on a sister-state judgment pursuant to the Sister State and Foreign Money - Judgments Act (SSFMJA), Code of Civil Procedure §17