{"id":2535,"date":"2019-10-23T13:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:11:34","slug":"hospital-employees-takedown-of-mental-health-patient-was-intentional-not-negligent-thus-claim-was-time-barred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/hospital-employees-takedown-of-mental-health-patient-was-intentional-not-negligent-thus-claim-was-time-barred\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Employee’s Takedown of Mental Health Patient Was Intentional, Not Negligent; Thus Claim Was Time-Barred"},"content":{"rendered":"

In any Syracuse medical malpractice case, time is of the essence. When a claim is not filed within the time allowed by law, it is very difficult – and often impossible – to proceed with what might otherwise have been a good case. This is unfortunate, as the plaintiff’s suffering goes uncompensated and the defendant gets away with poor treatment of a patient.<\/p>\n

The exact time during which a claim can be made can vary significantly from case to case, with some situations calling for action to be taken within a very short time (especially if a governmental entity may be liable or if a defective product caused harm to a user).<\/p>\n

Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n

The plaintiff in a recent case<\/a> was the guardian ad litem<\/em> for a paranoid schizophrenic adult male patient who claimed that an employee of the defendant hospital had “beat [him] up” when he was an in-patient there in 2009, causing him to lose consciousness and sustain injuries to his eye that required surgery and resulted in loss of vision. Somewhat in contrast to the patient’s testimony, the plaintiff’s complaint asserted that the patient had been “physically taken down, restrained, and controlled… in a negligent manner,” thereby causing his injuries; according to the plaintiff, the defendant was liable for the actions of its employees under a theory of respondeat superior<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In any Syracuse medical malpractice case, time is of the essence. When a claim is not filed within the time allowed by law, it is very difficult – and often impossible – to proceed with what might otherwise have been a good case. This is unfortunate, as the plaintiff’s suffering goes uncompensated and the defendant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospital-negligence","category-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"\nHospital Employee's Takedown of Mental Health Patient Was Intentional, Not Negligent; Thus Claim Was Time-Barred — Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog — October 23, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In any Syracuse medical malpractice case, time is of the essence. 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