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Re: Questionable death

we will need much more detail. please call our firm to discuss

Re: Questionable death

Dear Sir/Ma'am:

Regardless of the cause of death, it sounds like you lost your father at a young age and for that, I aplogize.

Normally, the statute of limitations would bar any claim at this point. However, under what is known as the "dicovery rule" the time to file a lawsuit is extended for reasons such as fraud or if there was no way for your mother to have known of the chlorine leak at the time.

Call me at the office and we can chat about it more. I do hope you find the answers that you need.

Take care,

Len Haberman

Re: Questionable death

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I believe that you will have a very hard time having a case like this heard by a court. The statute of limitations has long since run and I would not want to give you false hope that any of the allowed exceptions will apply to your situation after 27 years. Further, you would have to be able to prove that your father's death was not due to natural causes but rather the chlorine leak which would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.