Anderson v. Northwest Handling Systems, Inc.

Plaintiff Winnifred Anderson appeals the trial court's order dismissing additional defendants Inter-lake, Inc., d/b/a A.J. Bayer Company (Interlake) and Robert Keener and Jane Doe Keener, d/b/a Northwest Erectors (Keener) from her action for personal injuries. We are presented with a single issue: Did the amendment of Anderson's complaint adding Interlake and Keener as defendants "relate back" to a time prior to the running of the statute of limitations? We answer in the negative and affirm.

Anderson was injured on June 16, 1976, when her foot was crushed by rollers in a conveyor machine at…