Calvin Gray Mills, Jr. v. Fulmarque, Inc.

OPINION

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ, joined. GARY R. WADE, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

We accepted this appeal to determine whether the phrase “a defendant named ... within the applicable statute of limitations” in Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-l-119(a) (2009) refers only to a *364defendant sued within the statute of limitations applicable to the plaintiffs claim or also refers to defendants not sued within the statute of limitations applicable to the plaintiffs claim, but added to the lawsuit during the ninety-day period provided by section…