Lewis v. Hope

BEASLEY, Judge.

James T. Hope (Defendant) appeals from a default judgment entered following an entry of default for failure to file a responsive motion. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and dismiss in part.

On 16 August 2011, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendant alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices arising from work Defendant performed on Plaintiff’s car. Defendant received service on 15 September 2011. Sometime thereafter, Defendant sent *323Plaintiff’s, counsel a letter providing his account of the interactions between them. Defendant did not file this letter or an…