Legal Opinion
Nuveen Municipal Trust Ex Rel. Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund v. Withumsmith Brown P.C.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 14, 2014No. 10-4633PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
New Jersey’s Affidavit of Merit Statute (the “AOM Statute” or simply “Statute”), N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-26 — 29, requires certain claims against professionals to include an affidavit from an independent professional attesting to the claims’ merit. We decide whether the AOM Statute covers Nuveen Municipal Trust’s action seeking money damages for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and malpractice, allegedly committed by two professional firms. Though typically we conceive such statutes as applying only to malpractice claims rooted in negligence…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sheridan v. NGK Metals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Alan J. Cornblatt, PA v. BarowSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
- Nuveen Municipal Trust Ex Rel. Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund v. WithumSmith Brown, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
- Couri v. GardnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Alpert, Goldberg v. QuinnNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2009
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