Tucker v. Eaton

The City of Detroit, on behalf of Detroit General Hospital, appeals by leave granted from a Wayne County Circuit Court order denying its motion to set aside a default enterd against Detroit General Hosptial, which the city owned and operated. The city raises two issues. The first concerns the court’s refusal to set aside the default. The city claims that the trial court should have set aside the default on three grounds: (1) that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the city due to defective service, (2) that the default was not entered against the proper legal entity, and (3) that…