Marshall Lasser, PC v. George

In this statutory conversion action, plaintiff appeals as of right from a default judgment entered by the circuit court against defendant. We affirm.

In October 1997, plaintiff filed a civil complaint, including a timely demand for a jury trial. When defendant failed to file an answer, a default judgment was entered in plaintiffs favor. The court denied defendant’s subsequent motion to have the default judgment set aside. During the next sixteen months, at five separate proceedings, evidence was presented to the court on the issue of damages. Dining this time, neither party objected to the…