Legal Opinion
Blankenship v. Kaldor
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 7, 2002No. 20857-5-IIIPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C.J.
After the statute of limitations had run, the trial court summarily dismissed Dixie Blankenship’s personal injury action against Julianne Kaldor and John Doe Kaldor for insufficient service of process. Although we agree the service was defective, under these facts, we conclude Ms. Kaldor waived the insufficiency. Accordingly, we reverse.
FACTS
On September 6, 1997, Ms. Blankenship and Ms. Kaldor were in a car accident. At the time, Ms. Kaldor was a minor and lived primarily with her mother. After living primarily with her father for about two years, on August 10, 2000, Ms. Kaldor moved to…
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