Gross v. Adams
A condominium homeowner sued the attorney who represented his homeowners' association, asserting claims for invasion of privacy and defamation. Faced with a special motion to strike the pleading, the homeowner elected to dismiss all of his claims against the attorney. One year later, after the statutes of limitations had elapsed on his claims, the homeowner attempted to bring the attorney back into the action as a fictitiously named Doe defendant. The trial court rejected the homeowner's belated effort to resurrect his claims against the attorney with a Doe amendment, because the homeowner could not genuinely claim prior ignorance of the attorney's identity and involvement in the alleged wrongdoing. Court affirm.
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