Legal Opinion
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 19, 1991No. 90-1334PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In this lawsuit over a traffic accident, defendant Enid Brown’s motion to quash service of process and to dismiss was granted by the trial court without preju dice, 1 and the order docketed on June 7, 1990. Over two and one-half months later, on August 23, 1990, the plaintiffs filed a “motion for reconsideration” of the order, which was denied. An appeal from that denial is now before us. 2
In the motion for reconsideration, plaintiffs set forth three grounds for granting the motion: 1) the affidavit of the process server stated that the recipient of the summons…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wallace v. Warehouse Employees Union No. 730District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Starling v. Jephunneh Lawrence & AssociatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Coleman v. Lee Washington Hauling Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Joseph v. ParekhDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Dyer v. William S. Bergman & Associates, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Fleming v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. OxendineDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Reid v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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