Markhorst v. Ridgid, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion to Amend Complaint (doc. no.’s 13, 14). A decision on this motion turns on whether One World Technologies, Inc., who Plaintiff seeks to add as a defendant, received timely notice of this action. Because the Court finds that One World did not receive timely notice, Plaintiffs motion will be denied.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff James Markhorst (“Mark-horst”) originally brought this products liability action in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, on the eve of the relevant statute of limitations, against…