Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
Civil Tort Case: Dismissed vs Disposed?
Case disposed with disposition of default judgment by court.
Case dismissed with disposition of request for dismissal
what is the difference between the two?
What if both are listed in the dockets? One after the other?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Civil Tort Case: Dismissed vs Disposed?
Sounds like there was a default judgment obtained against one defendant, and the plaintiff decided to dismiss the other defendants.
Re: Civil Tort Case: Dismissed vs Disposed?
Default Judgment by Court means that a defendant was served, did not answer, and had their default entered. Then the plaintiff obtained a judgment against the defendant.
Request for dismissal means that the plaintiff asked the court to dismiss a defendant from the lawsuit.
Quite ofter there are multiple named defendants (and always unnamed "Doe" defendants). In order to obtain a default judgment against served but non-appearing defendants, all remaining defendants need to be dismissed.
What most likely happened in your case is that the plaintiff dismissed the unserved defendants (request for dismissal) and obtained a default judgment against the served defendants.
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