New Jersey | Civil Litigation
Legal Question
Subject: Case in small claims court. If a plaintiff files a lawsuit against two defendants and one defendant appears in court and the other defendant doesn't appear in court and the case proceeds forward and the judge makes a ruling, has an improper, illegal or other error occurred or should this case have been deemed a default? Can a judge proceed according to his/her decretion without asking the plaintiff's agreement when only one defendant is present. Is there grounds for an appeal?


