{"id":328,"date":"2015-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/when-can-i-bring-a-medical-malpractice-suit\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:26","slug":"when-can-i-bring-a-medical-malpractice-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/when-can-i-bring-a-medical-malpractice-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"When can I bring a medical malpractice suit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice cases are not easy cases to bring. There can be obstacles in proving that a doctor failed to act as a doctor with similar knowledge and experience would in similar circumstances. One of the primary issues in bringing a medical malpractice case is actually knowing whether you have been harmed by a doctor\u2019s mistake.<\/p>\n<p>After all, most people trust their doctors; even to a fault. Also, as time goes by after a surgery or other diagnosis, a patient may not even realize where their ailment emanates from. Because of this, it is important to remind our readers about the limitations that exist in bringing a medical malpractice claim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/images.findlaw.com\/optimost\/accident-injury-law\/time-limits-to-bring-a-cause-5.html\" target=\"_blank\">medical malpractice<\/a> law in New York, such a suit must be brought within 30 months of the alleged event that caused a person\u2019s harm. Unlike many states, New York\u2019s medical malpractice statute of limitations is based on when a patient was last treated; instead of when the prospective plaintiff discovers (or should have discovered) the doctor\u2019s error. Because of this difference, a potential plaintiff may have a limited time to bring suit in New York compared with other states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/when-can-i-bring-a-medical-malpractice-suit\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading When can I bring a medical malpractice suit?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice cases are not easy cases to bring. There can be obstacles in proving that a doctor failed to act as a doctor with similar knowledge and experience would in similar circumstances. One of the primary issues in bringing a medical malpractice case is actually knowing whether you have been harmed by a doctor\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-malpractice","tag-medical-malpractice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When can I bring a medical malpractice suit? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; May 26, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When can I bring a medical malpractice suit? - Medical Malpractice - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/when-can-i-bring-a-medical-malpractice-suit\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"When can I bring a medical malpractice suit? 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