Section 2 Procedural—Nature of Default

• Library: Damages 2012

Under Rule 74.05, there are two alternative methods of obtaining a default judgment against a defendant who fails to respond to a petition. Picerno v. Nichols-Fox, 205 S.W.3d 883, 887–88 (Mo. App. W.D. 2006). “Subsection (a) provides for an immediate entry of a default judgment in which damages are assessed, while (b) allows an interlocutory order of default which establishes liability but provides for later proof of damages which results in a full judgment of default.” Id. at 888. Allowing liability and...