Pafford v. Biomet

Carley, Justice.

In a surgical procedure performed at South Georgia Medical Center (Hospital) in 1988, a metal plate was installed in appellant-plaintiff’s back in an effort to stabilize his spine. Some months later, the plate broke and was removed from appellant’s back in a second operation.

*541After this second surgery, appellant became disabled. Relying upon OCGA § 51-1-11 (b), appellant filed the instant tort action against appellee-defendants Biomet and Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc. in 1990. According to the allegations of appellant’s complaint, the plate had broken because it was…