Legal Opinion
Washoe Medical Center v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Washoe
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 2006No. 45763PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Hardesty, J.:
In this appeal, we address whether a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action may amend her complaint, under NRCP 15(a), to comply with NRS 41A.071, which requires that complaints for medical malpractice be accompanied by a medical expert affidavit. Real party in interest, Billie Faye Barker, sued petitioner, Washoe Medical Center, and her doctor, Bradley Glenn, M.D.,1 for alleged negligence during a surgical procedure. Barker filed her complaint one day before the statute of limitations ran but failed to include the required medical expert affidavit. Under…
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