PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Pleading
......Complaints
.........Incomplete or Erroneous Party Designation
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Erroneous identification of stranger in otherwise privileged court filing does not affect litigation privilege's application; Ds protected from defamation complaint.
  • Body of complaint prevails over caption and cures defects in caption name.
  • If name pronounced same way as written in complaint, "idem sonans" requires misspelled D to respond to complaint unless name material.
  • Body of complaint prevails over caption and cures defects in caption name.