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BROWN-EDWARDS v. POWELL

No. 26028-3-III.

182 P.3d 441 (2008)

Ellen BROWN-EDWARDS, Respondent, v. James and Shirley POWELL, husband and wife; Petitioners, Jenne Tiffany and John Doe Tiffany, husband and wife, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

April 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Robert Stocker, Stocker, Smith, Luciani & Staub PLLC, Spokane, WA, for Petitioners.

Gregory George Staeheli, Shaunna H. Gutina, Staeheli & Gutina, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

SWEENEY, J.

¶ 1 To effect service of process, a person must be over 18 years old, competent to be a witness, and not a party to the action. Here, a process server hired by the plaintiff served a neighbor of the defendants in this personal injury suit rather than the defendants. But the neighbor was qualified to serve process, served the proper defendants, and signed an affidavit to that effect. We conclude that was sufficient to effect service of process. And...

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