Foremost Insurance Co. v. Whitaker

JOHNSON, Judge:

Foremost Insurance Company (Foremost), a Michigan corporation licensed to do business in Kentucky, appeals from a decision by the Jefferson Circuit Court denying its motion to set aside a default judgment entered against it for $431,930.00 plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest arising from Foremost’s alleged breach of contract. Finding that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over Foremost due to insufficient service of process thereby rendering the judgment void, we reverse.

On August 7, 1991, Lyndell Whitaker (Whitaker) sued Foremost in the Jefferson Circuit…