Virginia Certificate of Merit Statute
Here’s the Virginia statute that requires a Certificate of Merit before serving a defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-20.1
Every motion for judgment, counter claim, or third party claim in a medical malpractice action, at the time the plaintiff requests service of process upon a defendant, or requests a defendant to accept [...]
Does This Medical Malpractice Law Need to be Changed in Virginia?
Before you can serve a medical malpractice lawsuit in Virginia, you must first have a health care provider give you a “certificate of merit,” an opinion that the case has merit. The Supreme Court of State of Washington just struck down its certificate of merit law. I posted the opinion on my firm’s website and also [...]