our inquiry, however. Rule 17(a) requires the district court to grant leave to substitute or join the real party in interest prior to dismissing an action for failure to name the real party in interest: No action shall be dismissed on the ground that it is not prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest until a reasonable time has been allowed after objection for ratification of commencement of the action by, or joinder or substitution of, the real party in interest; and such ratification, joinder, or substitution shall have the same effect as if the action had been commenced in the name of the real party in interest. Fed.R.CivJP. 17(a). If Mrs. Esposito were substituted under this rule, it would solve each of the problems identified above. See, e.g., Goodman, 298 F.3d at 1054 (<HOLDING>). Rule 17(a) provides that the substitution
holding that plaintiffs failure to prove decedents death was caused by the wrongful acts of the defendant precludes any recovery of wrongful death damages under mississippis wrongful death statute holding ftca jurisdictional requirements satisfied in wrongful death action by substituting husband in his individual capacity who had filed timely administrative claim for husband in his capacity as personal representative of decedents estate who had not filed claim and could not bring wrongful death action under state law recognizing cause of action for wrongful death holding that personal representative may amend personal injury suit to state wrongful death claim following plaintiffs death holding plaintiff stated claim in his individual capacity