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KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A.

No. 09-337.

130 S.Ct. 2485 (2010)

560 U.S. 538

Wanda KRUPSKI, Petitioner, v. COSTA CROCIERE S. p. A.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Bendure, Detroit, MI, for petitioner.

Robert S. Glazier, Miami, FL, for respondent.

Mark R. Bendure, Counsel of Record, Bendure & Thomas, Detroit, MI, Matthew L. Turner, Turner & Turner, P.C., Southfield, MI, for petitioner.

David J. Horr, Stephanie H. Wylie, Brian T. Scarry, Horr, Novak & Skipp, P.A., Miami, FL, Robert S. Glazier, Counsel of Record, Law Office of Robert S. Glazier, Miami, FL, for respondent.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

Rule 15(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs when an amended pleading "relates back" to the date of a timely filed original pleading and is thus itself timely even though it was filed outside an applicable statute of limitations. Where an amended pleading changes a party or a party's name, the Rule requires, among other things, that "the party to be brought in by amendment . . . knew or should have...

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