PHILLIP WILLIAMS V HUNTER SALES OF MICH
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PHILLIP WILLIAMS,
UNPUBLISHED
November 21, 1997
Plaintiff-Counter
Defendant-Appellee,
v
HUNTER SALES OF MICHIGAN and NEIL P.
LUND,
No. 197240
Grand Traverse Circuit Court
LC No. 95-013943 CK
Defendants-Counter
Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Before: Jansen, P.J., and Fitzgerald and Young, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendants appeal by right default and summary disposition judgments, claiming that these
judgments are the product of negligence by their former counsel. Defendants seek appellate relief on a
theory of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Ineffective assistance of counsel is an inapposite doctrine in ordinary civil cases. Haller v
Haller, 168 Mich App 198; 423 NW2d 617 (1988). Absent the showing of a meritorious defense,
which appellants have not attempted here, an attorney’s negligence is attributable to the client and does
not constitute proper grounds for setting aside a default or default judgment. Park v American
Casualty Ins Co, 219 Mich App 62, 67; 555 NW2d 720 (1996).
Affirmed.
/s/ Kathleen Jansen
/s/ E. Thomas Fitzgerald
/s/ Robert P. Young, Jr.
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