Legal Opinion
Lane v. Elco Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 16, 1982No. 1 CA-CIV 5435PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FROEB, Judge.
In this case we review the practice of naming “fictitious” defendants under rule 10(f), Rules of Civil Procedure, and the extent to which rule 10(f) is interrelated with rule 15 regarding the amendment of pleadings. The appeal is from an order dismissing the product liability complaint filed by appellants Paul and Elfrieda Lane (the Lanes) against appellee Elco Industries, Inc. (Elco) on the ground that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations.
On March 22, 1977, Paul Lane was injured at work while using a power actuated stud driver, loaded with a drive pin and a…
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