Legal Opinion
Peltzman v. Beachner
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 13, 1991No. WD 43536PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Judge.
The question on appeal is whether the dismissal by the trial court of plaintiff Peltzman’s petition for damages as barred by the statute of limitations was error.
The claim arose from a motor vehicle collision in the State of Kansas on May 4, 1987, and was governed by its two-year statute of limitations. The petition was timely filed one day before the expiration of the period of limitations, but service was not accomplished upon the defendant Beachner until December 11, 1989, seven months and seven days after limitations had run. Thereafter, the defendant Beach-ner moved to…
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