On this appeal, we are asked for the first time to interpret part of the recently enacted legislation concerning medical malpractice actions. Specifically, at issue is the consequence of the plaintiffs' failure to comply with CPLR 3012-a, which requires, in pertinent part, that a "certificate of merit" is to be annexed to the complaint served in a medical malpractice action. Under the circumstances...
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