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The filing deadline, the affidavit of merit requirement, and the caps on damages

Missouri places tighter procedural requirements and deadlines on medical malpractice claims than on most other injury cases — a shorter statute of limitations, a mandatory affidavit of merit from a qualified health care provider, and a statutory cap on noneconomic damages. Missing any one of these can end a claim before it is ever heard. Here is what a patient or family needs to know.