Is a default judgment against an employer in a personal injury action against an employee after the employee has been found not guilty by a jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Superior Court of Kern County, 107 Cal.Rptr. 83, 31 Cal.App.3d 143 (Cal. App. 1973):
In Plott v. New York, supra, 33 Cal.App.2d 460, 91 P.2d 924, it was held that in a personal injury action against an employer and his employee in which the default of the employer is entered, it is proper for the court to subsequently refuse to enter a default judgment against the employer after a jury verdict has exonerated the employee.
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