Bates v. Wagon Wheel Country Club, Inc.

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• agents of nine corporations managing the operation created confusion concerning identity of the proper defendant
• plaintiff had difficulty in determining who the proper defendant was because of defendants’ use of nine corporations to run a business where six had similar names
• relation back permitted where plaintiff commenced suit one month before limitations period had run but did not learn of true defendant until one year after period expired
• agents of nine corporations managing the operation created confusion concerning identity of the proper defendant
• plaintiff had difficulty in determining who the proper defendant was because of defendants' use of nine corporations to run a business where six had similar names
• relation back permitted where plaintiff commenced suit one month before limitations period had run but did not learn of true defendant until one year after period expired

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