Ragland v. Harris

CAMPBELL, Judge.

On 21 July 1998, plaintiff filed the instant action in. Vance County Superior Court alleging that defendant’s negligent operation of an automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger caused an accident that resulted in injuries to plaintiff. On 3 August 1998, the summons and a copy of the complaint were returned unserved on defendant, for the stated reason that defendant no longer lived at the address indicated on the summons. On or about 17 August 1998, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) appeared on behalf of the allegedly uninsured defendant and filed a motion…