Gookin v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.

LANGDON, District Judge.

This action came before the court to determine if appellants pleaded a cause of action for consumer fraud and undisclosed substitution of inferior product sufficiently to withstand a motion to dismiss; however, the bulwark issue is whether the appellants’ substituted service of process under Wyo.Stat. § 26-3-122 (1983) was sufficient to provide jurisdiction for this action. We shall reverse, holding that the district court lacked jurisdiction due to ineffective service of process and failure to comply with due process.

I. FACTS

On August 1, 1985, an intense hail and rain…