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Where a complaint was dismissed based on a medical malpractice tribunal determination that the plaintiff's offer of proof lacked evidentiary support, the dismissal order must be affirmed because the conclusions of the plaintiff's expert were unsupported and were comprised of mere conclusory allegations.
"... On appeal, (plaintiff James) Cote contends that his offer of proof raised a legitimate question of liability in that it established that Roodhouse deviated from the acceptable standard of care when he (1) failed to obtain a computer tomography (CT) scan prior to surgery to determine definitively whether Cote suffered from diverticulitis rather than appendicitis; (2) removed Cote's appendix without surgical need or consent; and (3) failed...