Prior v. Cancer Surgery of Mobile, PC

Deborah Ann Prior appeals from an order dismissing her second amended complaint in a medical-malpractice case. Because we hold that her second amended complaint does not relate back to her original complaint, as amended, and was thus barred by the applicable statute of limitations, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

In August 1999, Stephen Albert Prior sought medical treatment from Cancer Surgery of Mobile, P.C. ("Cancer Surgery"), for gastric cancer. On August 16, 1999, he underwent a gastrectomy, an esophagojejunostomy, and a lymphnode dissection. Eight days later, he underwent a second…