Magsalin v. Chace

Phipps, Judge.

Acquilina Magsalin and Consuelo Chace were involved in an automobile collision on May 14, 1996. On May 11, 1998, Magsalin sued Chace for injuries sustained in the collision. Magsalin dismissed the complaint without prejudice on October 17, 2000, and refiled it on March 30, 2001. Chace was served with the second action on May 26, 2001, and filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction, insufficiency of process and insufficiency of service of process. The trial court granted Chace’s motion, finding that Mag-salin had failed to satisfy her burden of proving that…