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ABBOTT v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 77-1914.

84 Mich. App. 23 (1978)

269 N.W.2d 292

ABBOTT v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Joseph B. Bilitzke and Paul J. Zimmer, Assistants Attorney General, for defendants.

Jerry L. Sumpter, J.D., P.C., for plaintiff.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and BRONSON and N.J. LAMBROS, JJ.

BRONSON, J.

This appeal arises out of an automobile accident involving plaintiff-appellant Abbott, an uninsured motorist. Abbott was sued for damages but failed to appear or defend that action. The Secretary of State was notified of Abbott's failure to appear and entered an appearance "on behalf of * * * Jimmy Dean Abbott * * * and as intervening defendant pursuant to [MCL 257.1108(2); MSA 9.2808(2)]". After the Secretary's representative failed to appear at a pretrial...

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