Legal Opinion
Hinton v. Lipis
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided September 16, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
Plaintiff Jeffrey A. Hinton (“Hinton”) sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident and retained the defendant, Attorney Jay M. Lipis (“Lipis”), to represent him in his tort suit. After Lipis Med to commence that suit against the driver or owner of the other vehicle before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, Hinton commenced this action for Lipis’s alleged legal malpractice. The dis-positive issue on this appeal is the timeliness of Hinton’s service of process on Lipis.
Hinton filed his complaint on June 14, 2004. On September 4, 2004, service of process by a deputy…
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