Baker v. Short

We deal with an interlocutory ruling reported to us by the motion judge, pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 5, which presents for review the denial of defendant Bowman Short’s2 pretrial motion to dismiss, brought under Mass. R. Civ. P, Rule 4®.

The underlying action results from the occurrence of an automobile accident on October 11,1996, involving plaintiff, Dorothy Baker, as the operator of one vehicle and Bowman the operator of the other vehicle which is owned by defendant, Donna Noble Short. The complaint was filed on September 24, 1999. A return of service, to which there is no…