Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton · ¶20

Coney Island maintains that the alleged defect in this case—failure to perform proper service—is different from other legal errors that might render a judgment void. Coney Island emphasizes that when a party does not receive proper service, it might not learn about the proceedings until long after the judgment issues. But this possibility does not help Coney Island's position. Rule 60(c)(1) accommodates such a scenario by imposing a reasonable-time requirement, rather than a fixed time limit. And in the context of a default judgment, it might be reasonable for a defendant not to seek relief before learning about a plaintiff 's attempted enforcement.

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