Turnbull v. Horan

HUITINK, Judge.

Vera Mae Turnbull appeals the district court’s order dismissing her personal injury claims against New Cooperative, Inc. We affirm.

Turnbull claims she was injured on June 8, 1990, when she was sprayed by an unknown substance. Her petition naming New Cooperative as a defendant was filed on June 8, 1992, the day her lawyer believed the statute of limitations on her claim would expire. The petition was delivered to the clerk without the original notice and directions for service. New Cooperative was not served with an original notice and copy of the petition until October 12, 1992…