Rooks v. Tenet Health System GB, Inc.

Adams, Judge.

Although Kenneth Hurston’s wife survived him, his sister, purportedly acting on the wife’s behalf, filed a wrongful death claim against certain healthcare professionals following Kenneth’s death in 2001. After the statute of repose had run, the sister moved to add or substitute Kenneth’s wife as the plaintiff for that claim. The trial court denied the motion and granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the wrongful death claim. The sister appeals that order as well as the trial court’s finding that the plaintiffs OCGA § 9-11-9.1 affidavit was insufficient to support…