Medical malpractice can lead to absolutely devastating personal injuries -- but they aren’t treated quite like other personal injury claims. Per the Ohio Revised Code, your medical malpractice claim can’t even begin until you obtain an “Affidavit of Merit” from a physician, specialist or another expert witness. Why do you need an Affidavit of Merit? Why do you have to jump through an extra hoop or two to file a medical malpractice claim? Officially, this requirement helps weed out “frivolous” cases that don’t have any real merit and would otherwise clog up the court system. In practice, it...
What’s an affidavit of merit in an Ohio medical malpractice claim?
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