Legal Opinion
Wilbur Dewey v. Roland Farchone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 1972No. 71-1450PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
This diversity case questions the propriety of dismissing with prejudice a personal injury claim where the plaintiffs failed to obtain service reasonably diligently upon the only defendant served. In its fruitless and nomadic careér, this cause has wandered through three federal districts.
On January 28, 1968, on U.S. Route 66 in Livingston County, Illinois, an automobile carrying the three plaintiffs collided with a truck driven by one defendant and owned by the other two. -As a result, two complaints were filed in the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, on January 27, 1970,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mayo Clinic, Edward S. Judd and D. O. Ferris v. Edward KaiserCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Kohlhaas v. MorseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
- Mosley v. SpearsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- A. L. Murphy v. Citizens Bank of Clovis, A.W. Skarda and Lionel G. SkardaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Patricia Scott Anderson v. Air West, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Varela v. Hi-Lo Powered Stirrups, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Malcolm Veazey v. Young's Yacht Sale and Service, Inc., Volvo Penta and Morgan YachtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- John Williams v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- DeVargas v. State ex rel. New Mexico Department of CorrectionsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
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