Via v. O'Donnell

By Judge Jack B. Coulter

By an amended motion for judgment filed on June 30, 1982, the plaintiff has added counts of libel and slander to her claims against the defendants for their alleged wrongful activities of July 15, 1980. The original motion for judgment was filed on May 20, 1981, well within any limitations period of one year. The plaintiff acknowledges that this initial pleading did not include any claim for libel or slander and, further, that the filing of an amended complaint where new charges are added cannot be related back in point of time to the date of the original filing so as…