Chambers v. Semmer

OPINION

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined.

We granted review in this medical malpractice case to determine whether a he-moclip that is intentionally used but negligently placed and negligently left in a patient’s body following surgery may be considered a “foreign object” that establishes an exception to the one-year statute of limitations and the three-year statute of repose. The tidal court denied the defendant physicians’ motions for summary judgment after finding that a hemo-clip may be a “foreign object” under…