Erickson v. Coast Catamaran Corp.

YETKA, Justice.

This appeal comes to this court directly from a decision of the Hennepin County District Court in the form of a certified question. Appellant, defendant below, sought to have plaintiff’s personal injury action dismissed by way of a motion for summary judgment on the ground of late service of process. The trial court denied the motion, and we affirm.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. The underlying action is a product liability claim based on strict liability. On June 28, 1980, plaintiff Dennis Erickson was injured in a sailboat accident. The sailboat was manufactured by the…