Doyle v. Frost

OPINION

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., FRANK F. DROWOTA, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ„ joined.

In this appeal, the plaintiffs contest the trial court’s overruling of a motion to amend their complaint to add the Jackson Madison General Hospital District, a governmental entity, as a party defendant. At issue is the scope of Tenn.R.Civ.P. 15.03, which allows the filing date of certain amendments to a pleading to “relate back” to the date of the filing of the original pleading. We are asked to determine whether Rule 15.03…