Pennsylvania Federal Judge: Service By Unrestricted Certified Mail Is Improper

Mealey's (February 26, 2021, 10:28 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — Serving the defendant of a putative class complaint “by certified mail without restricted delivery is improper” a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Feb. 23 in a suit accusing a restaurant chain of shortchanging customers paying with cash, finding that the chain’s removal of the case was both timely and proper based on the amount in controversy....