Mann v. Atlanta Casualty Co.

Blackburn, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of appellant/ plaintiffs Necola and James Mann’s complaint against appellee Atlanta Casualty Company, Necola Mann’s uninsured motorist carrier, for damages arising from an automobile collision which occurred July 22, 1991.

The complaint was filed on July 19, 1993, and on that same date, service of process was unsuccessfully attempted on William McFar land, Jr., the named defendant, who had moved. Plaintiffs hired two skip tracers to locate McFarland, and he was subsequently found in Harris County, Georgia, where he was served…