Walker v. Auto-Owners Insurance

Phipps, Judge.

The trial court found insufficient service of process in Bertha Walker’s complaint against Auto-Owners Insurance Company and dismissed it without prejudice. She appeals, but because service was not made in accordance with OCGA § 9-11-4, we affirm.

1. Auto-Owners has moved to dismiss the appeal because Walker’s brief was untimely and did not meet the requirements of the Rules of the Court of Appeals. We exercise our discretion to consider the merits of her appeal despite her violation of our rules1 and deny Auto-Owners’s motion.

2. Walker filed her complaint, pro se, on April 30,…