Legal Opinion
Tenet HealthSystem GB, Inc. v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 29, 2018No. S17G1021PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Chief Justice.
**86This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Thomas v. Tenet HealthSystem GB , 340 Ga. App. 70, 796 S.E.2d 301 (2017), to consider whether that court properly held that a claim of imputed simple negligence against a hospital, which was asserted in a second amended complaint, related back to the original complaint pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-15 (c).1 Finding that the Court of Appeals was correct, we affirm that court's judgment.
The original complaint was filed on May 6, 2014, shortly before expiration of the applicable two-year statute of limitation,…
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