Zelenka v. Wayne County Corp. Counsel

In Docket No. 74681, defendants appeal by leave granted from an order of the circuit court denying their motion to set aside a consent judgment which awarded plaintiffs $115,010.80, plus interest at 12% per annum. In Docket No. 71436, defendants appeal as of right from an order of mandamus which compels the chairman of the Wayne County Board of Commissioners to execute a "voucher and/or warrant” authorizing the Wayne County Treasurer to pay the consent judgment amount. We affirm.

In 1977, plaintiffs brought a lawsuit in the Wayne County Circuit Court seeking damages from Wayne County and four…