Legal Opinion
Carol Anita Ringrose and Frederick Ringrose v. Engelberg Huller Co., Inc., Sundstrand Corporation and White Consolidated, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1982No. 80-1086PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Ringrose appeals the dismissal of her Michigan diversity personal injury action by the District Court on the ground that the Michigan three-year statute of limitations bars her claim. The District Court rejected her argument that her amended complaint naming alleged successor corporations as defendants, an amendment filed after the expiration of the limitations period, relates back to the original filing date under Rule 15(c), Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 15(c) provides:
An amendment [to a complaint] changing the party against whom a claim is asserted relates…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Krontz v. EstovezMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
3Cited by46 opinions
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