Section 8 Multiple Defendants

• Library: Damages 2012

When there are multiple defendants to an action, a default judgment may be taken against one or fewer than all of the defendants. Beckmann v. Miceli Homes, Inc., 45 S.W.3d 533, 539 (Mo. App. E.D. 2001). But there can only be one “final” judgment disposing of all the parties to the action. Id. (citing Electrolytic Chlorine Co. v. Wallace & Tiernan Co., 41 S.W.2d 1049, 1052 (Mo. 1931)). “Thus, even though a default judgment against one defendant in a multi-defendant case might be ‘final’ in virtually every...