Coleman v. Sitel Corp‪.‬

This case presents a unique blend of procedural questions involving a default judgment for one party and a subsequent order of dismissal for the other party. The trial court rendered a default judgment against Sitel Corporation ("Sitel) even though Sitel had answered in a timely fashion. Apparently having second thoughts, the trial court at a later date entered a dismissal order in favor of Sitel. Unfortunately, the dismissal order was entered more than thirty days after the default judgment was granted (June 6-July 13, 1999). The trial courts order of dismissal occurred after the trial courts plenary jurisdiction expired. We vacate the order of dismissal. We are unable to address the propriety of the default judgment because we have no jurisdiction to do so.