Personal Injury – Insurance

By: Derek Hawkins//June 14, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: Anunpama Wahal et al v. Stephanie J. Weiss, et al

Case No.: 2015AP1379

Officials: Higginbotham, Sherman, and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Personal Injury – Insurance

Anunpama Wahal appeals a judgment of the circuit court dismissing with prejudice Wahal’s personal injury action against Stephanie Weiss and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The court concluded that Wahal’s failure to timely serve the original summons and complaint on Weiss and State Farm constituted a fundamental defect that deprived the court of personal jurisdiction over the defendants. We agree, based on controlling case law, and accordingly affirm. We also grant the motion for costs and attorney’s fees based on a frivolous appeal

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