Calvert v. CULLMAN COUNTY COM'N

I concur in the result that reverses the judgment of the trial court and remands the case for trial, but I must strongly disagree with the Court's holding that "the difference between naming [a] county as a defendant and naming its governing body as a defendant is a difference in nomenclature."669 So.2d at 120.

This appeal presents the question whether a plaintiff, who, in presenting a claim against a county, named as a defendant the county commission instead of the county itself, can amend her complaint more than two months after the statute of limitations has run on the claim. Consequently,…