Allen v. River Edge Motor Lodge

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The Trial Court dismissed this action by granting summary judgment saying: “For reason that the proper defendant did not receive notice of the lawsuit within the statute of limitations.”

The pertinent facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff fell from a balcony at the River Edge Motor Lodge on June 16, 1990. Plaintiff initiated this action for personal injuries on June 13, 1991, naming as a defendant the River Edge Motor Lodge which was described in the complaint as a “business providing hotel accommodations in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.” A desk clerk at the lodge was served with…