Hedlund v. Ford Marketing Corp.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s amended complaint against Ford Motor Company and Ford Marketing Corporation. The issue is whether the amendment related back to the date of the original complaint, thus precluding the application of the two-year statute of limitations. We find that it did and that the trial court erred in its dismissal.

This is a products liability case. The original complaint was filed on April 16, 1979, and named as defendants, inter alia, “Ford Marketing Corporation” and “Ford Motor Company”. The complaint alleged that an injury…