Wilcox v. Schwartz

ROGERS, C. J.,

with whom NORCOTT and ZARELLA, Js., join, dissenting. General Statutes § 52-190a (a) requires a party filing a medical malpractice action to conduct a reasonable inquiry to ensure that there are grounds for a good faith belief that the party has received negligent care or treatment, to append to his or her complaint “a certificate of the attorney or party filing the action . . . that such reasonable inquiry gave rise to [that] good faith belief,” and finally, to “obtain a written and signed opinion of a similar health care provider . . . that there appears to be evidence of…