Opinion ID: 2231369
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Affidavit of Expert Review

Text: The district court and the court of appeals each concluded that Accountants' interrogatories constituted a demand that triggered the running of the 60-day period for providing an affidavit of expert review. Although interrogatories could serve as such a demand if they provide adequate notice that an affidavit of expert review is required, we conclude that Accountants' interrogatories did not constitute such a demand. Accountants' interrogatories did not refer to section 544.42, or use the words expert review. Moreover, the interrogatories did not request the specific type of information that is to be included in an affidavit of expert review. Because Accountants' interrogatories did not constitute a demand, the 60-day period did not begin to run until Accountants moved to dismiss. And because Brown-Wilbert filed an affidavit of expert review on October 15, 2004, within 60 days after service of Accountants' motion to dismiss, the affidavit of expert review was timely. [1]