Legal Opinion
White v. Helmuth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 13, 1998No. 96-P-2053PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On April 20, 1993, the plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident with Ida E. Helmuth, who was operating the other vehicle. Ida Helmuth died on the day of the accident. On April 17, 1996, the plaintiff brought a complaint in the Superior Court naming Ronald C. Helmuth (Ronald), in his capacity as executor of the estate of Ida Helmuth, as defendant. Service was made by leaving the complaint and summons at Ronald’s last place of abode in Hopkinton. No answer was filed, and Ronald was defaulted on June 6, 1996. The matter was then marked for a hearing regarding assessment of damages.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chandler v. DunlopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Holmquist v. StarrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Nutter v. WoodardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
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