Davidson v. Community General Hospital

On June 24, 1986, Philip Mullin, plaintiffs process server, went to the office of defendant Joseph Lauterstein (hereinafter defendant) and served a copy of the summons and complaint in this medical malpractice action on a member of defendant’s office staff. Thereafter, a copy of the summons and complaint was mailed to defendant at his medical office. According to Mullin’s affidavit, he had checked several telephone directories and found only the office address listed for defendant. Mullin further averred that he had previously served process on the group of physicians with which defendant…