Month: July 2017

  • Case of the Day: Subotich v. Travelers Property Casualty Co.

    The case of the day is Subotich v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America (E.D. Wis. 2017). Michael and Jennifer Subotich sued Matt Palazsynski, who was in China. They attempted service via the Central Authority, and when they received no response for a year, they moved for entry of a default judgment. Palazsynski submitted a……

  • Case of the Day: Chukkapalli v. Mandava

    The case of the day is Chukapalli v. Mandava (Tex. Ct. App. 2017). The case was a divorce case. The couple had resided in India, but the wife moved to Texas and then filed a divorce petition there. The wife’s counsel sought to serve the husband by personal delivery in India via a process server……

  • Case of the Day: Getma v. Guinea

    The case of the day is Getma v. Republic of Guinea (D.C. Cir. 2017). This was the appeal from the case of the day from June 17, 2016. Here was my description of the facts:

  • Please Nominate Letters Blogatory!

    Readers, it is the time of year when I make my one and only pitch for your support: the ABA is again soliciting nominations for its annual listing of the 100 best legal blogs. Actually, this year the ABA is expanding its scope to include law firm websites and social media. I happen to think……

  • Case to Watch: LaVenture v. United Nations

    At Opinio Juris, Kristen Boon reports on LaVenture v. United Nations, another Haiti cholera case, similar to the Georges v. United Nations case I’ve written about before. If you recall, in Georges, the plaintiffs’ main argument for avoiding the rule of immunity in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations was……