Foreign objects left in body
Known as the J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act
The act spans §§ 9–9 (53 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Ltd., L.L.P., W.C. Schorlemer, M.D., and Robert Schorlemer, M.D. v. Emmalene Rankin (2010)
Most recently applied in Gabriel Fernando Nassar Cure v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (August 2017)
Code 1933, § 3-1103, enacted by Ga
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The limitations of Code Section 9-3-71 shall not apply where a foreign object has been left in a patient’s body, but in such a case an action shall
be brought within one year after the negligent or wrongful act or omission is discovered. For the purposes of this Code section, the term
“foreign object” shall not include a chemical compound, fixation device,
or prosthetic aid or device.
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.