Paola A. Alvardo-Fernandez v. Matthew Mazoff

Appellee Matthew Mazoff (“Plaintiff’) filed suit against appellant Paola Alvarado-Fernandez (“Defendant”), a Colombian citizen, for personal injuries sustained when Plaintiffs car was struck by a vehicle driven by Defendant and rented from Alamo. 1 Defendant moved to dismiss the case, alleging that (1) Plaintiff failed to strictly comply with two treaties in effect between Colombia and the United States when attempting to serve process on Defendant; (2) in the alternative, Plaintiff failed to comply with the substituted service statutes; (3) Plaintiff late-filed his affidavit of compliance;…