Dorsey v. Kasyonan

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7). We affirm.

Plaintiff and defendant were involved in an automobile accident that occurred on January 27, 1986. Plaintiff filed a negligence action against defendant in the Oakland Circuit Court on January 5, 1989. On January 6, 1989, twenty-one days before the expiration of the limitation period, copies of the summons and complaint were given to a process server for service upon defendant.

Despite the efforts of the process server, defendant was not served…