Hamrick v. Ray

Birdsong, Judge.

This appeal is from the trial court’s denial of the motion for summary judgment of appellant/dentist in this dental malpractice action. Both the dentist and his professional corporation are denominated as appellants in this case. We granted appellants’ petition for interlocutory appeal to consider whether they are entitled to summary judgment by virtue of the one-year statute of limitation contained in OCGA § 9-3-72 applicable to foreign objects left in a patient’s body.

On May 19, 1981, Dr. Hamrick performed a root canal on appellee. During the procedure, the tip of a drill…