New Jersey's affidavit-of-merit statute applies to suits against law firms for malpractice, not just individual lawyers, an appeals court held Monday in a case of first impression. The judges rejected the argument that a firm cannot be a "licensed person" within the statute's meaning. Because no prior court had squarely addressed the issue, the panel allowed a malpractice suit to go forward despite a late-filed affidavit of merit.
June 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
New Jersey’s affidavit-of-merit statute applies to suits against law firms for malpractice, not just individual lawyers, an appeals court held Monday in a case of first impression.
The judges, in Shamrock Lacrosse Inc. v. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers, A-5730-08, rejected the argument that a firm cannot be a “licensed person” within the statute’s meaning.
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