Lerch v. Belau

The plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle which, on April 24,1969, was involved in a collision with another vehicle, operated by the defendant Carla Lewin, hereinafter called the defendant, in the town of Wethersfield. Service of process on the defendant, according to the return of the sheriff, after diligent but futile search at the defendant’s last address on file with the motor vehicle department, was made on April 16, 1970, on the commissioner of motor vehicles as “the duly authorized agent and attorney for the within named resident defendant.” Also on April 16, 1970, by prepaid…