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Parties Involved:
American Safety Casualty Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Daniel W White
Defendant
White Construction & Concrete Co Inc
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

AMERICAN SAFETY CASUALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

v. No. 4:15-cv-700-DPM 

PLAINTIFF 

WHITE CONSTRUCTION & CONCRETE CO INC 

and DANIEL W WHITE, Individually DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Despite diligent inquiry during March and May 2016, American Safety 

has been unable to locate Daniel White to serve him with the complaint and 

summons. NQ 8-1. American Safety may therefore proceed with constructive 

service by warning order. This is the best that can be done in the 

circumstances; and it's consistent with due process and the Federal Rules. 

Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, 339 U.S. 306, 317 (1950); 

FED. R. C1v. P. 4(e)(l). American Safety must follow the terms of Arkansas 

Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f) exactly-and then some. The company must take 

extra steps that, considering all the circumstances, are needed to maximize the 

chance White will get notice of the lawsuit. Mullane, 339 U.S. at 314. In 

addition to the required mailings to White's last known addresses, and 

publication in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (a newspaper circulated 

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statewide), American Safety must also have the warning order twice 

published in local newspapers in Hot Springs and Fayetteville, the cities 

where White apparently lived last. 

American Safety's time to serve White, which has expired while the 

company was trying to locate him, is extended for good cause until 

31October2016. FED. R. Crv. P. 4(m). The motion, NQ 8, is granted. The draft 

warning order, NQ 8-2, is approved with minor changes. Please send it to 

chambers now in WordPerfect or Microsoft Word format; the Court will make 

the changes and have the Clerk issue the Order. 

So Ordered. 

United States District Judge 

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