Legal Opinion
Brennan v. Lermer Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 8, 1986No. C-83-5803-MHPPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PATEL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Colienne Brennan filed this personal injury action in state court naming Lermer Corporation (“Lermer”) and a number of “Does” as defendants. Lermer answered the complaint and subsequently removed the action to federal court on diversity grounds. After removal, and more than one year after plaintiff’s claim accrued, she discovered the true identity of a number of potential defendants and amended her complaint to substitute these defendants for the “Does” named in her original complaint. One of the newly discovered defendants, Fairchild Industries, Inc.…
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