New Jersey hospitals and health care providers will have a harder time eliminating malpractice suits following a state high court ruling allowing patients to bring complaints without a expert reviewing medical records.
A third-party affidavit of merit needed to bring New Jersey professional malpractice lawsuits doesn’t require the plaintiff’s expert to certify that they have reviewed records prior to opining on the validity of a complaint, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court also said strict naming of potential defendants in the expert’s affidavit isn’t required under a close reading of the state’s tort reform statute.
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