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1 HILL INTERNATIONAL INC v. ATLANTIC CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION -- rank: 1000

... questions of law arising under the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29. Specifically, the appeal concerns whether an affidavit of ... its requirements: "Licensed person" defined As used in this act [ N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 through -29], "licensed person" means any person who is licensed ... to [ N.J.S.A. 45:10-1 to -22]. [ N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 (emphasis added).] When such a licensed professional is sued for ... the AOM statute. Notably, Section 26 separately lists "architects" in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(b) as one category of professionals, and then "engineers" in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(e) in their own discrete category. This separate designation of ... S.A. 45:4B-12. By likewise categorizing architects in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(b) separately from engineers in N.J.S.A. ...

docket:	a4139-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-30
status:	published
citation:	438 N.J.Super. 562 106 A.3d 487
Document Size:	99811

2 SHAMROCK LACROSSE INC. v. KLEHR, HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG & ELLERS LLP -- rank: 958

... concerns the applicability of the statutory affidavit of merit requirement, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, to a malpractice action that plaintiff, a New ... an attorney admitted to practice law in New Jersey" under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(c). Plaintiff further emphasizes that Fields, whose inattentive conduct allegedly ... response, defendants maintain that the motion judge's interpretation of N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, and his application of the affidavit of merit ... lawsuits claiming malpractice or negligence by certain enumerated professionals. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29. The basic objective of the statute is "to ... as . . . an attorney admitted to practice law in New Jersey ." N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(c) (emphasis added). If a plaintiff does not file and ... an "attorney admitted to practice law in New Jersey" under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(c). Rather, plaintiff contends, Klehr and Obermayer are legal ...

docket:	a5730-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-06-14
status:	published
citation:	416 N.J. Super. 1 3 A.3d 518
Document Size:	77724

3 FRANK TETTO v. ST. CLARE'S HOSPITAL -- rank: 955

... failure to comply with the Affidavit of Merit (AOM) statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, and with N.J.S.A. 2A:53 ... practice of medicine,' as well as 'a health care facility.' N.J.S.A. 2A:53A- 26(f), (j). The complaint includes counts alleging causes of action ... not required to serve an AOM on the firms because N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(c) listed only 'an attorney' and not a law firm ... arguing that the entity is not a licensee listed under [N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26].' Id. at 614. In McCormick, we also suggested that, 'if ...

docket:	a5439-15
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-27
status:
citation:
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4 obert Buck v. James R. Henry, M.D. -- rank: 940

... majority of the Court. Under the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action must ... A. 2A:53A-27. Under the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, the failure to file an appropriate affidavit within ... “all defenses available under the Affidavit of Merit Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26, et seq.” Affidavits of Merit On March 26, 2009 ... in effectuating that statute. A. The Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, requires that a plaintiff who files a � ... testimony or execute an affidavit pursuant to the provisions of [ N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29] on the appropriate standard of practice or care ... Legislature, through the enactment of the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, to demonstrate that their claims are meritorious. ...

docket:	a-10-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2011-08-22
status:
citation:
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5 Troy Haviland v. Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, Inc. -- rank: 925

... is not a “licensed person” under the AOM statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29. In February 2018, following surgery on his left ... “licensed person” to the individuals and entities listed in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. Failure to submit the required affidavit “shall be deemed ... opinion of the Court. The Affidavit of Merit (AOM) statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, requires a plaintiff bringing a malpractice or a ... qualifies as a “licensed person” under the AOM statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j), and therefore asserted that plaintiff was required to serve ... plaintiff was required to “produce an [AOM] pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26, et seq., within sixty days.” The trial court twice ... for whom an AOM is required under the statute. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(f). However, it is undisputed that plaintiff’s radiological ...

docket:	a-70-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	0000-00-00
status:
citation:
Document Size:	46219

6 TROY HAVILAND v. LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER OF BURLINGTON COUNTY, INC. -- rank: 877

... AOM) is mandated under the Affidavit of Merit Statute (AMS), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, when a plaintiff's sole claim against a ... the facility committed an 'act of medical malpractice or negligence.' N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j). Lourdes thereafter moved to dismiss plaintiff's complaint with ... is a physician, for whom an AOM is required. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(f); see generally Galik v. Clara Maass Med. Ctr., 167 ... radiology technician is not a licensed person as defined under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. A-1349-19T3 5 230 (2016), we conclude an AOM ... limited to sixteen individual professionals, and 'a health care facility.' N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. For purposes of this appeal, the parties do not dispute ... the definitions of a licensed person under the AMS. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. Accordingly, the parties agree that an AOM was not ...

docket:	a1349-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-27
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	25715

7 JERALD D. ALBRECHT v. CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES -- rank: 845

... the provisions of the Affidavit of Merit Statute (AOM Statute), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29. We conclude that CMS is not entitled to ... of P.L. 1971, c. 136 ( C. 26:2H-2)." N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j). That section governs DHSS licensure and defines a "health ... CMS's focus on the term "health care facility" in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j) ignores that statute's introductory language requiring an entity ... to [ N.J.S.A. ] 45:9-1 et seq." N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. A person who graduated from medical school but did not ... license to operate a health care facility, as required by N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j), -27, and 26:2H-12. The plain language of N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j) clearly requires that a "health care facility" be " ...

docket:	a0605-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-09-30
status:	published
citation:	422 N.J. Super. 265 27 A.3d 1260
Document Size:	31097

8 MONTEE SAUNDERS, a minor, by her Guardian ad Litem, MONTREAL SAUNDERS, et al. v. CAPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM AT MERCER, et al. -- rank: 842

... person" under the Affidavit of Merit Statute as enumerated in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. We also reverse the order insofar as it dismissed plaintiff ... and does not require it. The judge also concluded that N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 should not be deemed to exclude licensed medical professionals not ... of an Affidavit of Merit. We begin our analysis with N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26, which now specifies fifteen "licensed persons" covered by the Affidavit ... 45:9-37.11 et seq.) . . . . Prior to the amendment, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 listed only ten "licensed persons." Midwives were not included in ... 13:35-2A.2, she falls within the ambit of N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. Defendant misreads the Administrative regulation. N.J.A.C. 13 ... The list did not include midwives. Six years after enacting N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26, the Legislature, recognizing the limitation of the statute's ...

docket:	A3087-06
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-03-05
status:	published
citation:	398 N.J.Super. 500 942 A.2d 142
Document Size:	65538

9 Abby Ryan, et al. v. Andrew Renny, M.D. -- rank: 827

... guided by statutes such as the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, which applies to lawsuits alleging malpractice or negligence ... the plain language of the Affidavit of Merit statute (AMS), N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, as modified by the New Jersey Medical Care ... defendant was a “licensed person” under the AMS. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(f) (defining “licensed person” to include “a physician ... HOENS X TOTALS 7 1 The Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, encompasses the New Jersey Medical Care Access and ...

docket:	a-50-09
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2010-07-22
status:
citation:	203 N.J. 37 999 A.2d 427
Document Size:	127896

10 JESSICA WASHINGTON v. NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION, -- rank: 827

... of merit (AOM), per the Affidavit of Merit statute (AMS) N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, arguing Washington's claim that her daughter was ... professional nurse[s],' rather than all nurses, as licensed persons. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(i). A-0027-22 6 During oral argument, Washington questioned ... 0027-22 11 not a licensed person under the AMS. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. She claims she is 'entitled to discovery to find out ...

docket:	a0027-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-12-19
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	25864

11 FLEMING RUVOLDT PLLC v. SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED -- rank: 821

... such as Owens, is a 'licensed person[]' under the statute. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(o). '[T]he lack of a timely AOM' under N ...

docket:	a2009-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-09-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	74841

12 JANAN PFANNENSTEIN v. CHRISTINE SURREY, D.O. -- rank: 821

... 75, 84 (1999)). The driving purpose behind the AOM statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, is the reduction of frivolous litigation. See Paragon ... not give expert testimony or execute an [AOM] pursuant to [N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26] on the appropriate standard of practice or care unless the ... nor has our research revealed any such authority. But see N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j) (defining 'a health care facility' under the AOM statute ...

docket:	a3005-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-07
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	51567

13 EARNEKA WIGGINS, ET AL. VS. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, ET AL. -- rank: 818

... Cnty. Prosecutor, 171 N.J. 561, 571 (2002)). A. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29 (the AOM statute), a plaintiff in a medical ...

docket:	a3847-22
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-04-16
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	54437

14 SEYMA O. LEVINE v. KINDRED HOSPITAL NEW JERSEY -- rank: 806

... also found that Kindred qualified as a 'licensed person' under N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. The court found Pflueger's AOM was not sufficiently specific ... as defined in [N.J.S.A. 26:2H-2].' N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(j). Under N.J.S.A. 26:2H-2(a ...

docket:	a0257-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-04-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	45721

15 ANTHONY McCORMICK v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 794

... in case law under the Affidavit of Merit ("AOM") statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29. The matter arises in the context of a ... care facility" 2 ; "a physical therapist"; and "a registered pharmacist[.]" N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26(f)-(m). The medical staff at South Woods who examined ... defendant, is literally not a "licensed person" as defined in N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. Nor does the State meet the statute's definition of ... licensees encompassed within the broad sweep of the AOM statute. N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26. If such professionals while serving the State, or for that ...

docket:	a3493-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	published
citation:	446 N.J.Super. 603 144 A.3d 1260
Document Size:	41235