State Statutes of Limitation Set Time Limits for Filing Medical Malpractice, Surgical Malpractice or Wrongful Death Lawsuits

Medical Malpractice, Surgical Malpractice and Wrongful Death

 

Statutes of limitation are laws that set out the time limits within which all cases, claims, causes of action, and lawsuits for medical malpractice, surgical malpractice, and wrongful death must be filed in court. If a medical malpractice, surgical malpractice, or wrongful death lawsuit is not filed before the time limit set by the statute of limitation runs out, then the lawsuit is barred and the cause of action lost forever.

State law almost always provides the applicable statute of limitation for cases, claims, causes of action, and lawsuits for medical malpractice, surgical malpractice, and wrongful death.
We often are asked it the time limits set by statutes of limitation for medical malpractice, surgical malpractice, and wrongful death lawsuits the same everywhere? The answer is, "No." State statutes of limitation can differ greatly. Because statutes of limitation for medical malpractice, surgical malpractice, and wrongful death lawsuits are almost always controlled by state law, the time limits they provide can and do vary widely from state to state.

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