Judge Rules Contractor ‘Willfully’ Failed To Respond To Insurer’s Suit

( March 28, 2024, 1:30 PM EDT) -- ABERDEEN, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi denied a contractor’s motion to set aside the entry of default against him, finding that the contractor “willfully defaulted” on repeated notifications about a lawsuit brought by a commercial property insurer seeking to recover money from a contractor that the insurer paid to its insured after a roof the contractor built collapsed....