Legal Opinion
Bankston v. Toyota Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1989No. 89-1249PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants Charles Bankston, Sr. and Regina Dixon filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas1 against Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese corporation, seeking damages resulting from an accident involving a Toyota truck. The appellants first attempted service of process upon Toyota by serving an affiliated United States corporation in Torrance, California, as Toyota’s purported agent. Toyota filed a motion to dismiss for improper service of process. The district court denied Toyota’s motion but granted the appellants 45 days…
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