Expert Pool Builders, LLC v. Paul VanGundy

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court held that Expert Pool preserved its challenge to the default judgment by opposing the motion before judgment was entered and obtaining a definitive ruling, so it was not required to file a Trial Rule 60(B) motion before appealing. On the merits, the court affirmed because the trial court acted within its discretion in finding that no deadline extension had been agreed to and that Expert Pool had ignored the responsive-pleading deadline. The court deferred to the trial court's credibility determinations, factual findings, and equitable balancing.