Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.
In the early stages of a medical malpractice action, a plaintiff must provide an affidavit from an equivalently credentialed physician attesting "that there exists a reasonable probability that the" defendant physician's treatment "fell outside acceptable professional" standards. See N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-27. Under the Affidavit of Merit statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-26 to -29, the failure to file an appropriate...
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