Van Reken v. Darden, Neef & Heitsch

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendants’ motion for reconsideration and denying plaintiff’s motion for summary disposition. We reverse and remand.

Fohowing a jury verdict, a judgment in the amount of $115,691.96 was entered on March 7, 1991, in favor of plaintiff, who, apparently, sued defendants for legal malpractice. An amended “final judgment” was entered on July 29, 1991. Defendants paid no part of the judgment amount, and on February 28, 2001, Oakland Circuit Judge Gene Schnelz 3 granted an ex parte motion, extending the previous judgment in favor of…