Expected Payout
$140,452,391.00*
Cerebral Palsy suffered by triplets due to medical malpractice in their prenatal and perinatal care and treatment**
Settlement Payout
$ 750,000.00
Heavy equipment operator suffered serious burns when explosion occurred during refueling of machine
* expected payout over 80 years
**Case handled with co-counsel Christopher Meagher, Esq.
-Please note that each case must be evaluated on the specific facts and evaluation of a specific case may vary from "no merit" to a multi-million dollar recovery.
FACTS ABOUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Medical malpractice is a broad term generally used to describe any treatment, lack of treatment, or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or safety on the part of a health care provider that causes harm to a patient.
In many instances, medical malpractice is not obvious to a lay-person and requires the review and analysis by medical experts. Professional Medical Conduct is included in Malpractice
The time limitations which you can file a lawsuit for Medical Malpractice
State
Time Limitation
Title, Chapter, Article Number
Alabama
2 years
Title 6, Ch. 2, 6-2-38
Alaska
2 years
Sec. 9.10.070
Arizona
2 years
Title 12, Article 3, Sec. 12-542
Arkansas
3 years (libel, wrongful death),
2 years med malpractice; 1 year slander
Secs. 16-56-104, 16-56-105, 16-114-203, 16-62-102
California
1 year
Code of Civ. Proc. Sec. 340
Colorado
2 years
Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 13-80-102
Connecticut
2 years
Conn. Gen. State. Sec. 52-584
Delaware
2 years
Title 10, Ch. 81, Sec. 8119
DC
3 years
Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 12-301
Florida
4 years
Title 8, Ch. 95, Sec. 95.11
Georgia
2 years
Sec. 9-3-33
Hawaii
2 years
Rev. Stat. Sec. 657.7
Idaho
2 years
Title 5, Ch. 2, Sec. 5-219
Illinois
2 years
Ch. 735, Act 5, Art 13, Sec. 13-202
Indiana
2 years
Title 34, Art. 11, Ch. 2, Sec. 34-11-2-4
Iowa
2 years
Chapter 614, Section 614.1
Kansas
2 years
Chapter 60, Art 5, Sec. 60-513
Kentuky
1 year
Title 36, Chapter 413, Sec. 413.140
Louisiana
1 year
Ci. Code. Art. 3492
Maine
6 years
Title 14,Part 2, Ch. 205, Sub. 1, Sec. 752
Maryland
3 years
Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Sec. 5-101
Massachusetts
3 years
Title 5, Ch. 260, Secs. 2A and 4
Michigan
3 years
Chapter 600, Act 236, Ch. 58, Sec. 600.5805, number 9
Minnesota
2 years
Ch. 541, Sec 541.05, 541.07
Mississippi
3 years
Title 15, Ch. 1, Sec. 15-1-49
Missouri
5 years
Title 35, Ch. 516, Sec. 516.120
Montana
3 years
Title 27, Ch. 2, 27-2-204 and 27-2-207
Nebraska
4 years
Title 25, Section 207, 25-207
Nevada
2 years
Chapter 11, Sec 11.190
New Hampshire
3 years
Chapter 508, Sec. 508.4
New Jersey
2 years
Title 2A, Ch. 14, Sec. 2A:14-2
New Mexico
3 years
Ch. 37, Art. 1, Sec. 37-1-8
New York
3 years
Civil Practice Laws and Rules, Art. 2, Sec. 214
N. Carolina
3 years
Title 1, Section 1-52
N. Dakota
6 years; 2 years in wrongful death
Title 28, Ch. 1, Secs. 28-01-16 and 28-01-18
Ohio
2 years
Title 23, Ch. 5, Sec. 2305.10
Oklahoma
2 years
Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 95
Oregon
2 years
Ch. 12, Sec. 12.110
Pennsylvania
2 years
42 PA Con. Stat. Section 5524
Rhode Island
3 years
Title 9, Ch. 1, Sec. 9-1-14
S. Carolina
3 years
Title 15, Ch. 3, Sec. 15-3-530
S. Dakota
3 years
Title 15, Ch. 2, Sec. 15-2-14
Tennessee
1 year
Title 28, Ch. 3, Sec. 28-3-104
Texas
2 years
Civ. Prac. & Rem Code, Title 2, Ch. 16, Sec. 16.003
Utah
4 years
Title 78, Ch. 12, Sec. 78-12-25
Vermont
3 years
Title 12, Part 2, Ch. 23, Subch. 2, Sec. 512
Virginia
2 years
Title 8.01, Ch. 4, Sec. 8.01-243
Washington
3 years
Title 4, Ch. 16, Sec. 4.16.080
West Virginia
2 years
Title 55, Ch. 2, Sec. 55-2-12
Wisconsin
3 years
Chapter 893, Sec. 893.54
Wyoming
4 years
Title 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 1-3-105
Disclaimers
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FACT: The cost of medical malpractice liability premiums amount to less than one percent of total health care costs.
The Consumer Federation of America reports that medical malpractice premiums comprise only 0.59 percent of national health care costs - so even eliminating medical liability altogether would do little to reduce health care costs. Malpractice Suits Not Driving Medical Costs Up, Says Group, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 5, 1999, at E3.
Between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals annually each year due to preventable medical errors, the Institute of Medicine found. A survey of doctors and other adults released in December in the New England Journal of Medicine found that more than a third of the doctors said they or their family members had experienced medical errors, most leading to serious health consequences.
