{"id":3489,"date":"2017-04-19T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:23:00","slug":"state-supreme-court-reverses-allowing-amendment-complaint-statute-limitations-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/state-supreme-court-reverses-allowing-amendment-complaint-statute-limitations-run\/","title":{"rendered":"State Supreme Court Reverses on Allowing Amendment to Complaint After Statute of Limitations Had Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plaintiff Donald Brier\u00a0brought a cause of action against a practice group and an orthopedic surgeon, Greater Hartford Orthopedic Group P.C.<\/a>, and David Kruger, MD, an orthopedic surgeon (collectively, Defendants), alleging medical malpractice arising out\u00a0of a spinal surgery that went bad.<\/p>\n

After the running of the applicable statute of limitations, Brier sought to amend his complaint. Both the original complaint and the amended version alleged that Dr. Kruger and his medical group chose not to plan and use an instrument that could have been utilized. The original complaint alleged the misuse of a skull clamp during the surgery.<\/p>\n

Brier’s amended complaint included allegations of the improper use of a retractor blade. The trial court narrowly construed the original complaint as limited to a claim of the negligent usage of the skull clamp and denied Brier\u2019s request to amend his complaint.
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Plaintiff Donald Brier\u00a0brought a cause of action against a practice group and an orthopedic surgeon, Greater Hartford Orthopedic Group P.C., and David Kruger, MD, an orthopedic surgeon (collectively, Defendants), alleging medical malpractice arising out\u00a0of a spinal surgery that went bad. After the running of the applicable statute of limitations, Brier sought to amend his complaint. 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