An email sent to an attorney telling him a complaint had been filed against his clients was not a good-faith effort at proper service because the attorney alerted the sender that he would not accept service on his clients’ behalf, the Superior Court has ruled.
A three-judge panel affirmed in a nonprecedential Aug. 21 opinion the Adams County Court of Common Pleas’ holding that a negligence action stemming from a motor vehicle accident should be dismissed because service was not effectuated within the statute of limitations.
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