Law Offices of Stockler, PC v. Semaan

Defendant appeals as of right from an order entered in the Oakland County Circuit Court which denied his motion to set aside a default and default judgment entered against him.

On August 23, 1982, plaintiff filed a complaint seeking quantum meruit recovery for legal services rendered on behalf of defendant. In Count I of the complaint, plaintiff alleged that it had a contingency fee arrangement with defendant providing that if plaintiff saved defendant any money in a $94,652.28 bankruptcy counterclaim action against him defendant would pay plaintiff 1/3 of such savings. The counterclaim…