In a unanimous opinion by the Indiana Court of Appeals, Judge Mathias wrote the following:
"Vick stated in part during the hearing on the motion to set aside default judgment: 'Now, the idea of somebody looking at a complaint, seeing the summons, seeing that their company, of which they are president, is named in the complaint, responding to the complaint by a letter to opposing counsel and then not doing anything to follow up on that, I don't think that's excusable neglect.' Tr. p. 23.
We agree."
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