Lefiti v. Ford Motor Co.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AND DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AND INSUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS

Background

On November 5, 1999, Plaintiff Frank Lefiti (“Lefiti”), a resident of American Samoa, purchased a new 2000-year model Ford F-150 truck at a Ford Dealership in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lefiti subsequently shipped the truck to American Samoa. On October 14, 2003, Lefiti observed that his truck, parked outside his house, was on fire. He later received an investigative report by the Department of Public Safety purporting that the fire was the result of an…