Legal Opinion
Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Burdick-Siemens Corp.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 6, 1992No. Civ. No. 90-1379(PG)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Before this Court is an issue of first impression in this Circuit: the propriety of service of process by mail on a non-resident, foreign defendant pursuant to section 10(a) of the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters (“the Hague Convention or Convention”). This is an issue that has caused considerable controversy and disagreement, pitting the Second against the Eight Circuit and eliciting a similar response from dozens of courts across the nation. Neither…
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