The New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week as to whether a plaintiff’s medical malpractice complaint should have been dismissed with prejudice for failure to comply with the Affidavit of Merit Statute even though no Ferreira conference was conducted by the trial court.

In the medical malpractice action, Moschella v. Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Candace A. Moschella brought her claim under the Wrongful Death Act in Monmouth County Superior Court as the administratrix of the estate of her daughter, Alexandrianna Lowe, who died on July 22, 2018, at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center.