Time Period File Malpractice Claim Asserting She Was Not Warned Mental Illness Medication Might Cause Birth Defects Begins at Time of Child's Birth, Not When Ultrasound First Showed Birth Defects

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Bailey v. Khoury, 891 So. 2d 1268 (La. 2005)

Every jurisdiction imposes a limit on how long individuals can wait to file a lawsuit that claims they were injured as the result of the malpractice of a health care provider. This limit, which is typically one or two years in length, generally runs from the time individuals discover they have been injured. If they wait beyond this time, they are generally precluded from pursuing their claim...

Found in DMHL Volume 24 Issue 2

Katherine Faris

Time Period File Malpractice Claim Asserting She Was Not Warned Mental Illness Medication Might Cause Birth Defects Begins at Time of Child's Birth, Not When Ultrasound First Showed Birth Defects

Bailey v. Khoury, 891 So. 2d 1268 (La. 2005)

Found in DMHL Volume 24 Issue 2

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