DARDEN v. BEVERLY HEALTH & REHABILITATION

No. 5D99-3418.

763 So.2d 542 (2000)

William DARDEN, etc., Appellant, v. BEVERLY HEALTH & REHABILITATION, etc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon McLin Carlyle of Shannon McLin Carlyle, P.A., Leesburg, and Nolan Carter of Nolan Carter, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

James V. Etscorn and Robert C. Yee of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Orlando, for Appellees.


DAUKSCH, J.

William Darden, in his capacity as the personal representative of the Estate of Vera Griffin, appeals the final order entered by the trial court dismissing his third amended complaint on the basis that the applicable statute of limitations had expired prior to the filing of the complaint. We reverse because the relation back doctrine authorized under rule 1.190 of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure should have been applied in this case.

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