Alken-Ziegler, Inc. v. Waterbury Headers Corp.

We must decide in this contract action whether the circuit court abused its discretion in denying the motion by defendant Waterbury Headers Corporation to set aside the default entered because of its failure to respond to the plaintiffs summons and complaint. We hold that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion, and we thus reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

i

Plaintiff Alken-Ziegler, Inc., manufactures cold-formed steel products at its factory in Kalkaska. In May 1991, the plaintiff contracted with Waterbury Headers, Inc., of Connecticut to convert one of the plaintiffs…