Personal Injury & Torts
Jun. 26, 2010
Bill Aims to Ease Lawsuits v. Foreigners
Plaintiffs' lawyers are sponsoring a bill to allow Californians injured by foreign nationals driving rental cars to serve lawsuits on rental car companies rather than tracking down the defendants.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Service of process on far-flung defendants can be onerous, burdensome and expensive, but even veteran plaintiffs' lawyer Christopher B. Dolan was surprised when he got a bill for a yak rental to serve a lawsuit on a defendant in Tibet.
"The server had to ride the animal into the mountains," Dolan said.
Dolan, president of the Consumer Attorneys of Californi...
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