Magistrate Recommends Default Judgment Be Entered Against Insured’s Employee

Mealey's (June 2, 2021, 10:51 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California on May 24 recommended that an entry of default judgment be entered against an insured’s employee in an insurer’s lawsuit alleging that the employee misappropriated $263,888 from its insured, finding that all of the factors in Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470 (9th Cir. 1986), weigh in favor of granting the default judgment and granting the insurer’s request for of $263,888 in damages....