Real Estate & Property Law

Service of Summons via Social Media
Sometimes, a defendant manages to dodge service of summons quite skillfully.  A colleague of mine once resorted to serving a  defendant with summons at the defendant’s daughter’s wedding because the defendant had successfully dodged many prior service attempts...

Electronic Summons - Return Filed
The first summons issued electronically by the clerk in the District of Utah has been returned. The header of the summons shows that it was docketed as issued on January 7th, and then docketed after service on January 14th...

Lawyer Tips: Serving the Summons and Avoiding Dismissal
Service of a Summons is an essential part of a personal injury lawsuit starting off on the right foot. Supreme Court Rule 103(b) allows a court to dismiss the case if the plaintiff does not exercise reasonable diligence to secure the service of summons...

District of Utah Tests Electronic Summons
The District of Utah is testing electronic issuance of summons. As Bob Wilde pointed out in a recent email, the lack of electronic summons issuance discourages electronic filing of complaints...

Summons Issued Electronically by the Court
As of today, attorneys no longer need to come to the courthouse with paper to have a summons issued. This notice was sent to all members of the court's bar today.Notice From the Clerk of CourtAttorneys may request that the clerk of court issue summons in civil cases electronically...

Got summons, get lawyer.
I am a big fan of several self help law websites here in Washington State, most notably www.washingtonlawhelp.org. But, outside of family law, simple estate and elder law problems, the probability of successful pro se litigation dramatically declines...

Wrong Bus
Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot.

Wrong Medication
Walgreens agrees to confidential settlement after woman suffers miscarriage.