How to Relate Back Claims against Fictitious Parties
Following the running of the statute of limitations, when can claims against fictitious parties relate back to the original claims made against the named parties, for the purposes of replacing fictitious parties with real defendants? Scenario: Abigail Adams has a car that’s titled in her name. But she’s getting up in age, so she let’s John Quincy Adams use the car and keep it at his house. John Quincy has a friend Andrew Jackson who was in need of some wheels, because his ride was in the shop. While Andrew had the car, he let his mistress Hannah drive it. Hannah...
