Knight v. WITCO CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

OPINION

The appellants, plaintiffs below, have appealed a judgment denying leave to substitute some thirteen causes of action against respondents, in place of “names” of non-existent persons and entities alluded to generally in appellant’s original complaint and in their first Amended Complaint, i.e.: “JOHN DOES I-V, Individuals; BLACK & WHITE CORPORATIONS I-V, Corporations; and ABLE AND BAKER COMPANIES I-V, Co-Partnerships.” The district court believed that the statute of limitations applicable to personal injury actions, which appellants concede would bar an independent suit against…