Practice point: If service of process has been improper, any resulting default judgment is a nullity.
Practitioners should that that the fact that defendant had actual notice of the suit, and no meritorious defense, does not require a different result.
Case: Ruffin v. Lion Corp., NY Slip Op 04883 (2d Dept. 2009)
The opinion is here.
Tomorrow’s issue: Municipalities Law.
There is another instructive case here.
