Comment by greenyoda

If you fail to appear for a court proceeding, the judge will decide in favor of the plaintiff (the person suing you):

> Default judgment is a binding judgment in favor of either party based on some failure to take action by the other party. Most often, it is a judgment in favor of a plaintiff when the defendant has not responded to a summons or has failed to appear before a court of law. The failure to take action is the default. The default judgment is the relief requested in the party's original petition.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_judgment