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DALOT v. SMITH

551 A.2d 448 (1988)

Richard DALOT v. Wanita E. SMITH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Hanstein (orally), Edward S. David, Cloutier, Joyce, Dumas & David, P.A., Livermore Falls, for plaintiff.

Clyde Wheeler (orally), Wheeler & Arey, P.A., Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Richard Dalot was injured in a motor vehicle accident on September 22, 1980. He filed a complaint against Wanita E. Smith in Superior Court, Franklin County, on September 10, 1986. Because the defendant was not served with process until October 13, 1987, the court (Alexander, J.), dismissed the complaint. On Dalot's appeal, we affirm.

At the hearing on Smith's motion to dismiss, Dalot's counsel explained that he had forwarded the complaint...

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