HUGHES AIR CORP. v. MARICOPA CTY. SUPER. CT.

No. 12936.

114 Ariz. 412 (1977)

561 P.2d 736

HUGHES AIR CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, dba Hughes Air West, Petitioner, v. MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT and the Honorable Charles Hardy, a Judge thereof, Real Party in Interest, Tony R. ABRIL, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

February 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Roca by John P. Frank, Brian Goodwin, Anthony R. Lucia, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Hughes & Hughes, P.C. by John C. Hughes, Phoenix, for real party in interest.


CAMERON, Chief Justice.

In this petition for special action, we must interpret Rule 15(c), Rules of Civil Procedure, 16 A.R.S., concerning the relation back of an amended complaint to a corporate defendant not served within the time limits of the statute of limitations.

The facts necessary for a determination of this matter are as follows. On 4 March 1974, while on an airplane operated by Hughes Air West, the plaintiff, Tony R. Abril, was injured. Hughes Air...

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