손해배상(지)
1. Of the judgment of the court of first instance, the part against the defendant exceeding the following amount ordered to be paid shall be revoked.
1. Article 173(1) of the Civil Procedure Act provides that “If a party is unable to comply with the peremptory period due to any cause not attributable to him/her, he/she may supplement the litigation by neglecting his/her duty of care within two weeks from the date on which such cause ceases to exist.” In this context, the term “reasons for which the party cannot be held liable” means the reasons why the party could not observe the period, even though he/she performed the duty of care generally required for conducting the litigation.
However, in a case where the original copy of the judgment was served to the defendant by public notice, barring any special circumstance, the defendant shall be deemed to have failed to know the service of the judgment without negligence. If the defendant was not aware of the continuation of the lawsuit from the beginning and became aware of such fact only after the original copy of the judgment was served to the defendant by public notice, barring any special circumstance, it shall be deemed that the defendant’s failure to observe the peremptory term of appeal due to any cause not attributable to the defendant
(2) According to the records of this case, the court of first instance rendered a judgment citing the Plaintiff’s claim on June 21, 2018, and served the Defendant by means of service by public notice after delivering a copy of the complaint, a guide of lawsuit, and a notice of the date for pleading against the Defendant by public notice. On June 26, 2018, the original copy of the judgment was also served on the Defendant by public notice, and the Defendant received the original copy of the judgment on August 9, 2019, and then filed subsequent appeal of this case on the same day.
According to the above facts, it is reasonable to view that the defendant's failure to observe the peremptory period of filing an appeal was due to a cause not attributable to the defendant. Thus, the appeal of this case satisfies the requirements for the subsequent completion of the litigation.