Roth v. Dimensions Health Corp.

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• concluding that presumption against retroactive application of a statute does not apply where retroactive application of the statute would not impair previously vested rights
• concluding that presumption against retroactive application of a statute does not apply where retroactive application of the statute would not impair previously vested rights
• holding that statute mandating an extension of time in which a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case may file a certificate of qualified expert circumstances was procedural and therefore applied retroactively to cases pending when the law was enacted
• “Notwithstanding this presumption [against retroactivity], if the statute ‘contains a clear expression of intent that it operate retrospectively, or the statute affects only procedures or remedies, it will be given retroactive application.’ ”
• “As a general rule, statutes are presumed to operate prospectively.”
• construing 1989 legislative changes to C.J. § 3-2A-04(b)(l

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