Legal Opinion
Sims v. ADESA CORP.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 25, 2008No. E2007-00899-COA-R9-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, P.J., and CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., J., joined.
In this interlocutory appeal, the primary question presented is whether a party can be deemed served for the purpose of tolling the statute of limitations under Tenn. R. Civ. P. 3 and the saving statute when there has been no actual service of process. The plaintiffs filed a personal injury suit arising out of a car accident against Adesa Corporation in Knox County. Ade-sa Corporation was not served with process, and process was not reissued within one year in compliance with Tenn. R. Civ. P. 3. However, the…
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