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Rule 15(C) Mistake: The Supreme Court In Krupski Seeks To Resolve A Judicial Thicket, Robert A. Lusardi
Rule 15(C) Mistake: The Supreme Court In Krupski Seeks To Resolve A Judicial Thicket, Robert A. Lusardi
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While recognizing the importance of a statute of limitations, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 acts as a counterbalance to such statutes by allowing a plaintiff to freely amend a complaint to assert additional claims, or to name new or additional parties, and have those amendments relate back to a complaint filed within the statute of limitations even though that statute has run.
There have been interpretive problems, particularly with the language of Rule 15 (c)(1)(C)(ii). These problems arise when the "amendment changes the party or the naming of the party" after the statutory period and the conditions of Rule …