Ragnone v. Wirsing

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• holding that when the defendant “communicated with plaintiff for the purpose of negotiating a settlement, wrote a letter seeking an extension of time for filing an answer, and even attended the scheduled meeting,” the defendant “appeared” before the court
• stating that a party makes a general appearance when he or she demonstrates knowledge of the proceedings and expresses an intent to appear
• Two requirements must be met to render an act adequate to support the inference that there is an appearance: (1) knowledge of the pending proceedings and (2) an intention to appear, (quoting Rhodes v. Rhodes, 3 Mich.App. 396, 142 N.W.2d 508, 511 (1966))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).