Legal Opinion
Tyson v. Dixon
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 22, 1993No. WD 46772PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMART, Judge.
This case involves the “relation back” of an amendment substituting a party defendant under Rule 55.33(c), filed after the statute of limitations has run. Plaintiff Mata J. Tyson appeals from the trial court’s order granting Defendant George F. Dixon, Ill’s motion for summary judgment upon defendant’s assertion that plaintiff’s cause of action was barred by the statute of limitations.
Judgment is affirmed.
On June 25, 1985, as Mata Tyson was leaving her employer’s office to go home for the evening, a light fixture fell from the hallway ceiling, striking her on the head and injuring…
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