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Certificate of Review Mandatory in Colorado Negligence Suits
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2001
by Bob Williams
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2001, page 27
The Colorado Supreme court has held that prisoners must file a "certificate of review" under Colorado law when suing a licensed professional (LP) for negligence, whether or not the LP is a named party, but that a failure to file the certificate does not require dismissal of claims not based …
Filed under:
Brain Injury,
ENT,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
State Law Claims,
Expert Witnesses,
Sovereign Immunity.
Location:
Colorado.
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