Ford Life Insurance v. Parker

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

This case was originally filed against petitioners, Ford Life Insurance Company and Ford Motor Credit Company, in circuit court. Petitioners then removed the case to federal district court. After discovery in federal court, the plaintiff took a voluntary non-suit and refiled the case in circuit court against petitioners and additional resident defendants. Defective summonses were issued and served upon petitioners. The summonses were defective because they advised petitioners that they had 20 days to answer instead of the 30 days allowed to out-of-state defendants,…