Holmes v. Michigan Capital Medical Center

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• determining that a document lacking any indication that its contents have been confirmed “by oath or affirmation before a person authorized to issue the oath or authorization” is not a valid affidavit
• “[N]o indication exists that the doctor confirmed the document’s contents by oath or affirmation before the person authorized to issue the oath or affirmation... .”
• dismissing medical malpractice action because affidavit was not notarized
• “To constitute a valid affidavit, a document must be (1) a written or printed declaration or statement of facts, (2) made voluntarily, and (3) confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before a person having authority to administer such oath or affirmation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).