Petroleum Refining Co. v. Commonwealth

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• exploring the history of wrongful death actions in South Carolina and concluding that \the plaintiff in a wrongful death action must establish that the wrongful act or negligence of the defendant caused the death of the decedent.\ (emphasis added)
• “[P]laintiffs should not be permitted to amend their complaint to remove the John Doe defendants and substitute real parties, because their lack of knowledge of the proper defendants is not considered a “mistake” under Rule 15(c)(3).”

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