Civil Litigation,
Criminal
Nov. 14, 2017
After a year of no-shows, incarcerated accused killer gets wrongful death settlement set aside
A Hollywood writer who has not defended a $56 million wrongful death suit for more than a year escaped paying up Monday after a Los Angeles County judge granted his motion to set aside the default judgment because he wasn’t properly noticed in time.
LOS ANGELES — A superior court judge on Monday set aside a $56 million default judgment in a wrongful death case against a Hollywood screenwriter jailed on charges he brutally murdered his girlfriend.
An attorney for Blake Leibel said he has not responded to the lawsuit because he is locked up in the psychiatric ward of Los Angeles County Jail, unable to comprehend his situation.
Leibel had no knowl...
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