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· 3/11/2004

Rhuland v. Fahr

Citations

  • 155 S.W.3d 2
  • 356 Ark. 382
  • 2004 Ark. LEXIS 160

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that there must be existing pleadings to amend before relation back can occur
  • affirming circuit court’s dismissal of a complaint because daughter lacked standing to bring wrongful death suit in her capacity as an heir
  • referring to the lack of reference 9 that Rhuland was filing as the personal representative at the time the original complaint was filed in addressing a real party in interest argument under Ark. R. Civ. P. 17
  • substitution of entirely new plaintiffs results in the filing of a new suit and [does] not constitute an amendment under Rule 15
  • Rules 15 and 17 were inapplicable where “no such understandable mistake occurred”

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Judges: Donald L. Corbin

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