Medical malpractice accusations can be staunchly defended. After all, physicians, who have been trained since college to be right all of the time, do not take kindly to having their expertise questioned. Nevertheless, this is what occurs in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
With the amount of money that can be awarded in medical malpractice suits, and the threat to a physician’s reputation, you can expect that there will be some strong defenses. This post will highlight a few common ones.
Statute of limitations – If a plaintiff does not bring a lawsuit in the amount of time allowed under law, a doctor could argue that an action is “time barred.”