Maxwell v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This is an appeal by Lewis Michael Maxwell and Sherry Maxwell, his wife, from an order of the Circuit Court of Marion County dismissing their personal injury action against the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, Inc. The action was initially filed against Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, the Chessie System, and CSX Corporation. After the period of the statute of limitations had expired, the appellants amended their complaint and join the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, Inc., as a party defendant. The circuit court dismissed the action against the Baltimore & Ohio…