Edwards v. Groner

*266MEMORANDUM OPINION

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the motion of defendant Gerald Groner for summary judgment. The question presented is whether a complaint signed innocently but incorrectly by a lawyer’s wife nullifies the pleading so as to cause the statute of limitations to expire. We hold that it does not.

I. FACTS

This legal malpractice case springs from the underlying matter of Edwards v. Born, Inc., 608 F. Supp. 580 (D.V.I. 1985), rev’d and remanded, 792 F.2d 387 (3d Cir. 1986) on remand 1986 St. Croix Supp. 360 (D.V.I. October 10, 1986). The facts are amply recited in the above…