C.A. No. 05C-10-088-JRJ.Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.
June 13, 2007.
JAN R. JURDEN, Judge.
ORDER AND NOW TO WIT, this 13th day of June, 2007, the Court having duly considered Defendant St. Francis Hospital, Inc.’s Motion to Determine if the Affidavit of Merit Attached to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint Complies with 18 Del. C. § 6853(c), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Motion is GRANTED. Upon review, the affidavit does not expressly state that the physician “has been engaged in the treatment of patients and/or in the teaching/academic side of medicine in the same or similar field of medicine as the defendant(s).” While it may be implicit, given the contents of the affidavit and attached C.V., the Court
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requires a specific statement to this effect. The Plaintiff shall provide one within 7 days.
IT IS SO ORDERED.