Burden v. Copco Refrigeration, Inc.

In this personal injury case, defendant Antoine Sabb appeals from an adverse judgment, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss for insufficient service of process and his motion to offset damages by the amount plaintiff recovered from a codefendant. Concluding that the court should have granted defendant’s motion to dismiss, we reverse.

Plaintiff had two automobile accidents in 1998: Defendant rear-ended her car on June 25, and an employee of codefendant Copco Refrigeration, Inc., rear-ended her car on November 9. In 2000, plaintiff sued defendant and Copco. She…