Patterson v. Lopez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “ ‘[Sjpeculation which raises merely a conjecture or possibility is not sufficient to create even an inference of fact for consideration on summary judgment.’ ”
• “ ‘The fact that a defendant may be hard to find does not justify a lack of effort on the part of [the] plaintiff.’ ”
• trial court did not abuse discretion in finding plaintiff guilty of laches when she did not attempt to serve defendant until several weeks after statute of limitation lapsed
• trial court did not abuse discretion in finding plaintiff guilty of laches when she did not attempt to serve defendant until several weeks after statute of limitation lapsed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).