{"id":5730,"date":"2022-11-15T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5730"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:26:37","slug":"missouri-supreme-court-rejects-plaintiffs-argument-regarding-failure-to-provide-affidavit-of-merit-required-for-medical-malpractice-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/missouri-supreme-court-rejects-plaintiffs-argument-regarding-failure-to-provide-affidavit-of-merit-required-for-medical-malpractice-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Supreme Court Rejects Plaintiff\u2019s Argument Regarding Failure to Provide Affidavit of Merit Required for Medical Malpractice Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred J. Giudicy appealed the circuit court\u2019s judgment dismissing his medical malpractice case without prejudice after he chose not to file an affidavit of merit within 180 days. The filing deadline is required under <a href=\"https:\/\/revisor.mo.gov\/main\/OneSection.aspx?section=538.225\">\u00a7 538.225<\/a>. Giudicy argued that \u00a7 538.225 violates the Missouri Constitution.  <\/p>\n<p>It was also contended by Giudicy that the medical providers waived their defense of failure to file an affidavit of merit and that he substantially complied with the statute.  The Missouri Supreme Court rejected those arguments and affirmed the circuit court\u2019s judgment. <\/p>\n<p>Section 538.225 serves \u201cto cull at an early stage of litigation suits for negligence damages against health care providers that lack even color of merit\u201d and \u201cprotect the public and litigants from the cost of ungrounded medical malpractice claims.\u201d <em>See Mahoney v. Doerhoff Surgical Serves, Inc.<\/em>, 807 S.W. 503, 507 (Mo. Banc 1991). The section also prevents the plaintiff from threatening a medical provider with a groundless claim before settlement in lieu of the high cost of defense.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/missouri-supreme-court-rejects-plaintiffs-argument-regarding-failure-to-provide-affidavit-of-merit-required-for-medical-malpractice-cases\/#more-5730\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred J. Giudicy appealed the circuit court\u2019s judgment dismissing his medical malpractice case without prejudice after he chose not to file an affidavit of merit within 180 days. The filing deadline is required under \u00a7 538.225. Giudicy argued that \u00a7 538.225 violates the Missouri Constitution. 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