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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. BLASTECH, INC.

No. 92-1336.

852 S.W.2d 813 (1993)

313 Ark. 202

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. BLASTECH, INC., and Blastech Drilling, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler, Jones & Hale, Little Rock, for appellant.

James M. Simpson, John C. Fendley, Jr., Little Rock, for appellees.

NEWBERN, Justice.

In this negligence case the appellant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Southwestern Bell), mistakenly sued a company called "Blastech, Inc." (Blastech), instead of "Blastech Drilling, Inc." (Blastech Drilling), for cutting a telephone cable. The complaint was dismissed because the statute of limitations had run before Blastech Drilling was added as a defendant. We hold the Trial Court erred because, pursuant to Ark.R.Civ.P. 15(c), the amendment...

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