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LAWRENCE M. CLARKE, INC. v. RICHCO CONST.

Docket No. 140683.

803 N.W.2d 151 (2011)

489 Mich. 265

LAWRENCE M. CLARKE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHCO CONSTRUCTION, INC., and Ronald J. Richards, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myers & Myers, PLLC, Howell (by Roger L. Myers and Christopher G. Bovid ), for plaintiff.

Hafeli Staran Hallahan & Christ, P.C., Bloomfield Hills (by John D. Staran ), for defendants.

Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it concluded that defendants were personally notified of the default judgment against them and denied defendants' motion to set aside the judgment. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion and that defendants are entitled to relief from the judgment under MCR 2.612(B) because (1) personal jurisdiction over defendants was necessary and apparently...

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