Vaughan v. Mashburn

HUDSON, Justice.

**429 Here we are asked to decide whether a medical malpractice plaintiff may amend a timely filed complaint to cure a defective Rule 9(j) certification after the statute of limitations has run, when the expert review required by Rule 9(j) occurred before the filing of the original complaint. The Court of Appeals concluded that Rule 9(j) does not permit a plaintiff to amend in these circumstances and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint. Vaughan v. Mashburn , --- N.C. App. ----, 795 S.E.2d 781 (2016). Because we conclude that the…