Franklin Credit Management Corp. v. Nefflen

In this case we initially are asked to consider whether a defendant who fails to respond to a complaint and against *302whom an order of default is entered and fails to move to vacate the order of default, after which judgment of default is entered may, thereafter, contest liability either by moving, under Maryland Rule 2-534 to alter or amend a judgment or directly on appeal.1

The dispute before the Court arises out of a suit alleging the breach of a settlement agreement terminating litigation in the Circuit Court for Frederick County that earlier ensued between the Petitioner, Franklin Credit…