DALE v. ITT LIFE INS. CORP.

Docket No. G004636.

207 Cal.App.3d 495 (1989)

255 Cal. Rptr. 8

ROBERT O. DALE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ITT LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

January 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Guerin and Lewis James Runchey for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, James R. Willcox and James E. Curry for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WALLIN, J.

Robert Dale appeals from an order of dismissal for failure to effect service of process or bring the action to trial within the relevant statutory periods. This appeal raises the question of whether entry of a default and default judgment against a party tolls the three-year period for service.

Our answer to this question is not new; we reach the same conclusion as did the court in Ippolito v.

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