Magistrate Recommends Default Judgment, Damages In Elder Abuse Fraud Suit

Mealey's (March 3, 2021, 7:20 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California on Feb. 22 recommended approving a motion for default judgment, damages and attorney fees against a defendant accused of defrauding an elderly man and his wife and violating California law, including the unfair competition law (UCL), who has not answered or appeared in the suit, saying that absent such judgment, “plaintiff would be without another recourse.”...