Delta's Michigan "legal service" address
Any company doing business in Michigan, or any other state, must provide the state authorities with an address to which legal process (court complaints) can be delivered. Providing a bogus address would be a very serious offense and might be grounds for denying Delta the right to do business in Michigan. I think the East Lansing address is legitimate. When the East Lansing street address is typed into the Postal Service "zip code" locator site, a zip code is provided. A zip code is not provided for a vacant lot.
Delta's lawyers are NOT at the East Lansing address. Their lawyers are in Atlanta. The East Lansing address is, essentially, a "mail drop." Notices of lawsuits being instituted against Delta, in Michigan, are probably forwarded to Atlanta.
If, by some chance, no one from Delta shows-up in court you will have won your case by default. If you win, and Delta refuses to pay, you may need to get an order for "Execution of Judgment" from the magistrate; give the "Execution" to the Wayne County Sheriff, and ask the Sheriff to seize cash and other property belonging to Delta at Detroit Airport.
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