CROSSETTI v. CARGILL, INC.

No. 18-1622.

924 F.3d 1 (2019)

Gina CROSSETTI, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert A. Crossetti, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Herrick , with whom Nicholson Herrick LLP, Springfield, MA, was on brief, for appellant.

Robert J. Gilbertson , with whom Jenny Gassman-Pines , Caitlinrose H. Fisher , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey E. Poindexter , Elizabeth S. Zuckerman , and Bulkley Richardson & Gelinas LLP, Springfield, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Lynch, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 4(j) requires a plaintiff to effect service of process within ninety days of filing suit. Mass. R. Civ. P. 4(j). Massachusetts courts accord this deadline "the respect reserved for a time bomb." Comm'r of Rev. v. Carrigan,

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