1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 668 So.2d
  5. 668 So.2d 635 (1996)
 

WEST VOLUSIA HOSP. AUTHORITY v. JONES

No. 94-2947.

668 So.2d 635 (1996)

WEST VOLUSIA HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, etc., Appellant, v. Kathy M. JONES, as mother, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Smith and Todd M. Cranshaw, of Smith, Schoder, Rouse & Bouck, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Rafael E. Martinez and Thomas E. Dukes, III, of Sanders, McEwan, Martinez, Luff & Dukes, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees, Robert G. Ouellette, M.D. and Robert G. Ouellette, M.D., P.A.

Patricia M. Gibson, of Maher, Gibson & Guiley, a Professional Association of Lawyers, Orlando, for Appellees, Kathy M. Jones, as mother and next friend of Michelle Jones, an infant, Kathy M. Jones, in her own right, and Thomas W. Jones.

GRIFFIN, Judge.

We find no reversible error in the many issues raised by appellant, save one. We agree that the lower court erred in permitting the amendment of the complaint to add the victim's father, Thomas Jones, as a party plaintiff after the statute of limitations had run.

An amendment to a complaint relating back to the original complaint after the statute of limitations has run will not be permitted where it brings new parties into a lawsuit. See...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases