Hunter v. Doe

On November 1, 1973, plaintiff commenced an action for battery in Wayne County Circuit Court against eight unknown defendants. The complaint indicates that the alleged battery occurred in Pontiac, Michigan. Thereafter, the names of the eight defendants were made known to plaintiff by General Motors, by whom plaintiff and defendants were employed at the time of the alleged battery and upon whose premises the incident occurred.

Defendants answered the complaint alleging, in response to plaintiff’s averment that all defendants resided in Wayne County, that all except one defendant resided in…