Personal Injury & Torts
Nov. 22, 2000
Justices Toss Ruling on Amending Complaint
An elderly, illiterate woman crippled by surgery may substitute a fictitious defendant with a real one - an anesthesiologist - after the statute of limitations expired because she was not aware that her injuries stemmed from the administration of the anesthetic.




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