Traver v. McKnight

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Floyd D. Traver brought this personal injury suit against Vanessa McKnight on March 2, 1990, alleging that defendant negligently injured him on March 4, 1988. A deputy marshal tried to serve defendant at the apartment address set forth in the complaint; he returned the summons non est. Soon thereafter, plaintiff hired a skip tracer to find and serve defendant — to no avail. Then, on April 1, 1991, more than three years after plaintiff was injured and one year after he filed suit, defendant moved to dismiss the complaint. In support of the motion, defendant…