BOGGS, Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether OCGA § 9-3-72, which provides for a one-year statute of limitation for foreign objects "left in a patient's body" applies to only those foreign objects left in the body unintentionally. We hold that it does not, and we overrule our prior precedent limiting the application of the statute.
The underlying facts here are undisputed. In 2005, when Angela Norred chipped a molar, she saw Dr. Steven Teaver...
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