Supreme Court of Connecticut
Carpenter v. Daar
February 1, 2023346 Conn. 80
Summary
The court held that the statutory opinion-letter requirement for medical-malpractice actions is a nonjurisdictional procedural device and that challenges under the statute must be resolved from the complaint and the face of the opinion letter, without jurisdictional fact-finding. It further held that the complaint and attached letter adequately alleged that the endodontist was a similar health care provider to the defendant dentist. The dismissal was therefore improper, and the judgment was reversed for further proceedings.