The Georgia Court of Appeals revived medical malpractice claims for wrongful death against a Valdosta kidney specialist and nurses, ruling the trial judge erred in finding a widow waited too long to join the lawsuit filed by his estate and children.

The trial judge had agreed with the doctor’s lawyers that the widow could not “relate back” to the original complaint and intervene in the litigation by allowing the two-year statute of limitations to run before seeking to join suit.

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