I believe I have a medical malpractice claim against a Tennessee hospital. It is my understanding that lawyers who accept representation of patients in medical malpractice cases only get paid if they win the case but that they also charge for the expenses they incur in pursuing the case. What…
What is the deadline for filing a medical malpractice case in Tennessee? The short answer to this question is one year plus one hundred-twenty days. But the issue is really more complicated than that. Generally, medical malpractice cases must be initiated within one year of the incident which causes the…
I am a veteran and receive my care at the local VA hospital. They made an error and injured me for life. Can I assert a medical malpractice claim against them, or are they protected from lawsuits because they are a government agency? The VA can be sued for medical…
I have been seeing a social worker for martial problems. The therapist asked me all sorts of questions about my sexual history and found out that I had been raped when I was in college and that I have had a bunch of issues with sex since then. He came…
My mother was hurt in a nursing home in Chattanooga. What it the time limit for filing a lawsuit against a nursing home in Tennessee? You should assume that you must take appropriate legal action within one year of the date of the negligent act unless a lawyer aware of…
I believe that I am a victim of malpractice by a doctor, but no lawyer will take my case. Why not? There are several possibilities. First, there are relatively few lawyers in the state that represent medical malpractice victims. In fact, my guess is that far less than one percent…
I keep hearing that Tennessee doctors pay a lot of money for malpractice insurance and that if we limit the right of patients to bring lawsuits doctors will save money on insurance. Is that right? There is no reason to believe that malpractice rates will be dramatically or even materially…
I think I have a medical malpractice claim in Tennessee. I live in Tennessee and the malpractice occurred in Tennessee. Can I hire an out-of-state lawyer to represent me in this case? Yes, although the out-of-state lawyer must either have a Tennessee law license or must work with a Tennessee…
What is the deadline for filing a medical malpractice case in Tennessee? The short answer to this question is one year plus one hundred-twenty days. But the issue is really more complicated than that. Generally, medical malpractice cases must be initiated within one year of the incident which causes the…
What percentage of medical malpractice cases that go to trial in Tennessee are won by the patient? About eighteen to twenty percent of cases that are tried are won by the patient. The rest are won by the health care provider. This makes it sounds like the rest of the…