California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Motzkin v. Shamam, B253593 (Cal. App. 2014):
entitled to that relief by default judgment than if the defendant had expressly admitted all the allegations. Such a default judgment is erroneous, and will be reversed on appeal. [Citations.]" (Molen v. Friedman (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 1149, 1153-1154 (Molen).) Consequently, although a plaintiff need only make a prima facie case, that showing must be based on a well-pleaded complaint and evidence.
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