Legal Opinion
Hagen v. City of Milwaukee Employee's Retirement System Annuity & Pension Board
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 2003No. 01-3198PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDiane S. Sykes, J.
¶ 1. The question in this case is whether the circuit court can acquire personal jurisdiction over a defendant when the plaintiff does not serve the summons and complaint on the defendant, but, rather, mistakenly serves a nonparty in the same building, allegedly after having been directed to do so by a person in the defendant's office. The answer is no.
¶ 2. John Hagen filed a lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee Employes' Retirement System/Annuity and Pension Board (MERS) seeking certiorari review of its decision to terminate his disability benefits. Hagen's process server asserted in an…
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