Cook v. Polineni

HOFF, Judge.

Denise Zwick Cook (Plaintiff) appeals from the trial court’s Amended Order and Judgment 1 setting aside a $700,000 default judgment entered against Subbarao Polineni, M.D., (Defendant) in July 1995. We affirm.

In October 1994, Plaintiff filed her medical malpractice petition against Defendant seeking damages for injuries she allegedly sustained as the result of surgical procedures and related care provided to her by Defendant. The return of service of summons states the deputy sheriff served Defendant at 10:05 a.m. on October 13,1994, by delivering a copy of the petition “to Carol…