HUGHES v. WATER WORLD WATER SLIDE, INC.

No. 24030.

442 S.E.2d 584 (1994)

Kim T. HUGHES, Appellant, v. WATER WORLD WATER SLIDE, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Bacot, Jr., Surfside Beach, for appellant.

Arrigo P. Carotti and Mary Ruth M. Baxter, both of McCutcheon, McCutcheon & Baxter, P.A., Conway, for respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

Kim Hughes ("Plaintiff") filed a summons and complaint and delivered these papers to the sheriff of Horry County for service. Service was effected on the president of Wet World, Inc. ("Defendant") during the period provided under 3(b), SCRCP, but after the running of the statute of limitations. The original summons and complaint misnamed the Defendant. The trial judge dismissed the action as barred by the statute of limitations. We REVERSE.

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