Legal Opinion
Powers v. W.B. Mobile Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 15, 2013No. 42797-4-IIPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBjorgen, J.
¶1 Jesse Powers appeals the dismissal of W.B. Mobile Services Inc. as a defendant in his personal injury case based on the statute of limitations. Powers argues that his claim was timely under RCW 4.16.170 and CR 15(c) because (1) he properly identified W.B. Mobile as “John Doe One” in his original complaint, (2) W.B. Mobile had actual notice of Powers’s claim, and (3) Powers’s service on the other defendants tolled the statute for 90 days. We hold that Powers’s claim was timely brought under RCW 4.16.170 and its implementing case law, but we do not reach whether his amended complaint relates…
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