McHazlett v. Otis Engineering Corp.

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

On March 23, 1978 petitioners John and Tri-Thi McHazlett filed suit against respondent Otis Engineering Corporation (Otis), two other named defendants, and five fictitious defendants designated as “John Does and Jane Does 1-5.” Otis was the only defendant served with process. Petitioners undertook discovery, sending interrogatories to Otis and taking depositions of several Otis employees. Petitioners filed a motion to set and certificate of readiness in which petitioners’ counsel certified that the issues in the ease had been joined and that the parties had…