PATEL v. SCHOOL BD. OF VOLUSIA COUNTY

No. 5D01-1052.

813 So.2d 135 (2002)

Renna PATEL, Appellant, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Rotstein, Daytona Beach, and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellant.

Michael A. Kundid and Theodore R. Doran, of Doran, Wolfe, Rost & Ansay, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


SHARP, W., J.

This is an appeal of an order which dismissed Patel's complaint with prejudice when she sought to add the Volusia County School Board (the "School Board") as a defendant in her negligence action, after the statute of limitations had expired. Patel had erroneously listed the County of Volusia (the "County") as the defendant in her initial complaint, and she argues on appeal that the relation-back doctrine should apply, claiming the error was merely a...

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