WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAVERN’S LAW

By Jacoby & Meyers, LLP · 2017-10-13T09:09:51.000Z

Currently, victims of medical malpractice have a relatively small window of opportunity to pursue a medical malpractice case. Under New York State law, you have two and a half years to file a medical malpractice lawsuit after being injured or harmed. Advocates of Lavern’s Law are pushing legislatures to allow patients two and a half years from the time the medical malpractice was discovered (or could have reasonably been discovered) to file a medical malpractice claim. Read more...https://goo.gl/5UuK0y

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