In Berk v. Choy, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state affidavit-of-merit requirement could not be used to dismiss a medical malpractice case filed in federal court because the Federal Rules of Civil Proced ...
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Under Berk, is state court better? Removing a case to federal court may now cost defendants an early exit strategy.

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