Norred v. Teaver

Boggs, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether OCGA § 9-3-72, which provides for a one-year statute of limitation for foreign objects “left in a patient’s body”, applies to only those foreign objects left in the body unintentionally. We hold that it does not, and we overrule our prior precedent limiting the application of the statute.

*509The underlying facts here are undisputed. In 2005, when Angela Norred chipped a molar, she saw Dr. Steven Teaver, who referred her for a root canal. Following the root canal, Norred returned to see Dr. Teaver who averred that he inserted a cotton pellet and…