Verizon Yellow Pages Co. v. Fodera

This is an appeal of the denial of a motion to vacate a default judgment.

On September 24, 2001, Verizon Yellow Pages Company (“Verizon”) brought suit based on an alleged unpaid Verizon Yellow Pages advertisement that a Joe Fodera (“Fodera”) had signed for on May 10, 1999, as an officer of High Tech Electrical Services, Inc. (“High Tech”). Upon filing suit, Verizon sought to have Fodera served at 21 Medford Street, Malden, an address he had listed as his home address in various corporate filings for High Tech. The attempted service was unsuccessful, and the trial court dismissed the matter for…