Williams v. Patterson

BLACKBURN, Senior Appellate Judge.

Following an automobile accident, Monta Williams filed a personal injury action against Jerome Patterson. Patterson moved to dismiss the complaint based upon Williams’s failure to perfect service of process after the statute of limitation had run. The trial court granted the motion, and Williams appeals, arguing that the court erred (i) in finding that he failed to exercise due diligence in serving Patterson, (ii) in failing to allow him an additional 12 months in which to personally serve Patterson after serving him via publication pursuant to OCGA § 33-7-11…