Legal Opinion
University of Pennsylvania v. Halpern
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided September 15, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, P.J.
The defendant, Estera Halpern (“Halpern”), has appealed the summary judgment entered against her in this action by the plaintiff, the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”), to enforce a judgment it had obtained against her in Pennsylvania. Halpern claims that the Pennsylvania judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit in Massachusetts because service of process on her was never made by Penn in the Pennsylvania action, and because the complaint in this Massachusetts action against her was fatally defective. We disagree, and dismiss the appeal.1
In 2006, Penn obtained a default judgment…
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