Legal Opinion
Richmond v. Volk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 28, 2016No. Record 150192PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Justice CLEO E. POWELL.
**62 Linda E. Richmond ("Richmond") appeals the decision of the trial court granting a special plea in bar of the statute of limitations to a re-filed complaint in a personal injury action. According to Richmond, the initial complaint tolled the running of the statute of limitations, even though the initial complaint contained a misnomer that misnamed the defendant, Katherine E. Volk ("Volk").
I. BACKGROUND
On April 12, 2009, Richmond was injured when her vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Volk. 1 The vehicle that Volk was driving at the time…
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