WASHOE MED. CTR. v. DIST. CT.

No. 45763.

148 P.3d 790 (2006)

WASHOE MEDICAL CENTER, Petitioner, v. The SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE OF NEVADA, in and for the COUNTY OF WASHOE, and the Honorable Brent T. Adams, District Judge, Respondents, and Billie Faye Barker, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piscevich & Fenner and Mark J. Lenz, Reno, for Petitioner.

Paul G. Yohey, Reno, for Real Party in Interest.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this appeal, we address whether a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action may amend her complaint, under NRCP 15(a), to comply with NRS 41A.071, which requires that complaints for medical malpractice be accompanied by a medical expert affidavit. Real party in interest, Billie Fay Barker, sued petitioner, Washoe Medical Center, and her doctor, Bradley Glenn, M.D.,1 for alleged negligence during...

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