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In a recent case<\/a>, a woman had surgery done at a hospital and subsequently suffered a stroke. The woman filed a products liability\u00a0claim against the manufacturer of one of the medical devices in the surgery.\u00a0However, when the complaint was originally filed, it did not name the hospital or the doctor as defendants. It also did not state a claim for medical malpractice. Several months later, the woman requested to file an amended complaint to add the defendants and allege medical malpractice. She then filed the amended complaint almost four months after the original complaint.<\/p>\n

The hospital and the doctor then moved for summary judgment, alleging that the filings\u00a0were untimely. In the jurisdiction where the case arose, a medical malpractice action must be filed within two years of the cause of action accruing. The original complaint was filed just one day before the two-year statute of limitations had run. Thus, by the time the woman amended the complaint, the new claim against the defendants was not timely. The court granted the defendants’ motions because the claims were filed against them after the statute of limitations had expired. The state supreme court agreed, resulting in the\u00a0dismissal of the claim.<\/p>\n

Amending a Complaint and Its Effect on the Statute of Limitations<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statute of limitations is the time period during which a plaintiff can bring a certain kind of claim. The period of time varies depending on the type of claim and the jurisdiction, or the place in which it is filed. Often, the time begins to run from the date of the injury, the date that an injury was discovered, or the date that it should have been discovered.<\/p>\n

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In a recent case, a woman had surgery done at a hospital and subsequently suffered a stroke. The woman filed a products liability\u00a0claim against the manufacturer of one of the medical devices in the surgery.\u00a0However, when the complaint was originally filed, it did not name the hospital or the doctor as defendants. 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