Goodman v. Diaz

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

This action arose as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on April 9, 1984. Plaintiff filed suit in the Middle District of Georgia on April 4, 1986, five days before the applicable statute of limitations ran. The Clerk of Court immediately issued a summons, which the plaintiff’s attorney mailed to the defendant by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested. Plaintiff's counsel included with the Summons a one paragraph note dated April 7, 1986, the Complaint, and plaintiff’s First Interrogatories to Defendant. The documents were received by the…