Federal Judge Refuses To Disturb Take-Nothing Judgment In Suit Over Negligent Work

( January 27, 2025, 11:53 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A federal judge in Texas on Jan. 24 denied plaintiffs’ motion for relief from a take-nothing judgment and motion for rehearing in their lawsuit seeking to recover an underlying $542,000 final default judgment against a construction company from the company’s insurer, finding that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) does not apply and Rule 60(d)(2) does not entitle the plaintiffs to relief....