Legal Opinion
Bullington v. Corbell
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 2011No. Docket No. 297665PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGleicher, J.
This garden variety premises liability suit presents a plethora of complicated procedural problems. But at its core, this is simply a case about notice and whether plaintiffs service of process efforts sufficed to inform defendants that they had been sued. Because defendants had no knowledge of the action pending against them until entry of a default judgment resulted in the seizure of their property, we vacate the default judgment and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On December 11, 2009, plaintiff Derek Bullington filed in the Wayne Circuit Court a complaint naming as…
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