ROCKDALE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. v. Holder

Miller, Judge.

Karen Holder, as administratrix of the estate of Michael Hill, brought this medical and nursing malpractice suit against Rockdale Hospital, Inc. (the “Hospital”), its parent corporation, a doctor, and a nurse (collectively “Rockdale”), following the death of Holder’s brother at the Hospital from alleged hypothermia. Holder filed suit, however, without attaching an expert affidavit to her complaint. Instead, she relied upon the exception contained in former OCGA § 9-11-9.1 (b), which entitled her to 45 days after the filing of her complaint to file her expert’s affidavit since…