Anderson v. Bruce

Ruffin, Judge.

We confront the issue in this case of whether the trial court erred in dismissing Jessie Thompson Anderson’s complaint. This case also illustrates why lay persons become frustrated with lawyers. Because we find that the trial court did err, we reverse.

The facts are quite simple, but appear to be quite bizarre. On July 6, 1999, Anderson filed a complaint for damages she allegedly sustained in an August 21, 1997 automobile collision. Although the caption of the complaint identified Peter Joseph Galante as the defendant, the first paragraph of the six-paragraph complaint stated that