In an opinion issued on August 16, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit certified two questions to the Supreme Court of New Jersey pertaining to the state's Affidavit of Merit Statute. Specifically, the court requested clarification on 1)...

On May 23, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted petitions for allowance of appeal filed on behalf of a defendant physician and her practice group, to address the Superior Court's analysis of the "error in judgment" defense in the underlying case...

In an opinion issued May 30, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that in the absence of other notice or communication of a demand, the filing of a praecipe for a writ of summons does not suffice to establish a “claim” pursuant to Section 715 of the MCARE...

On April 25, 2012, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an opinion in Mertzig v. Booth, et al., ruling that patient plaintiff would not be allowed to present expert testimony to bolster a medical malpractice claim...