Saturday, August 15, 2009

Process server creates headaches for court system, law firms

Process server creates headaches for court system, law firms
by Michelle Lore - www.finance-commerce.com - August 6, 2009

Angus McEachern faces 13 counts of perjury.

The case of a Hennepin County process server who allegedly falsified multiple affidavits of service has created a tremendous amount of work for the District Court and for the three law firms that used him to serve debtors with summonses and complaints.

The 23-year-old process server has been charged with multiple counts of perjury. A criminal complaint filed in May says the defendant admitted to signing approximately 200 false affidavits during the six months he worked for Edina-based Major Legal Professional Process Serving.

After the issue came to light, the Hennepin County District Court had to vacate more than 180 default judgments for which proper service of process could not be verified.

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