Rintala v. Shoemaker

NEVILLE, District Judge.

The question presented is whether a Minnesota resident as plaintiff, suing in this court a resident of the State of Michigan as defendant on a wrongful death cause of action arising out of an automobile accident occurring in Florida, may obtain jurisdiction quasi in rem over defendant by garnisheeing the defendant’s insurer which does business in Minnesota and most if not all states in the United States and by personal service on defendant in Michigan. Such meager case authority as exists is divided and the question has never been presented to nor decided by this court…