Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Legal Process & Courier Service
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 21, 1984No. A017116PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HOLMDAHL, J.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment.
The judgment is affirmed, in part, and reversed, in part.
Statement of Facts and Procedural History
From March to August 1980, plaintiff and appellant Burnic Slaughter lived at Sunnyhills Apartments (hereafter Sunnyhills) in Milpitas, California. On May 12, 1980, Sunnyhills filed a complaint in unlawful detainer against appellant, and later hired Legal Process and Courier Service (hereafter Legal Process) to serve process on him.
Horacio Martinez (hereafter Martinez) was a process server employed by Legal Process. He was charged with…
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