MARTEL v. STAFFORD

No. 92-2286.

992 F.2d 1244 (1993)

Scott MARTEL, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. George F. STAFFORD, Administrator, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Chesebro, Cambridge, MA, with whom Robert E. Manchester, Patricia S. Orr, and Manchester Law Offices, P.C., Burlington, UT, were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Christopher S. Williams, with whom Griffin & Goulka, Boston, MA, was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal could do double duty as a law school examination question. It follows a district court's dismissal of the third action brought by plaintiff-appellant Scott Martel in what has been a consistently unsuccessful effort to stay in court long enough to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Because the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over the sole defendant, a foreign executor sued as such...

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