Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Tennessee

Re: medical malpractice statue of limitations

Under Tennessee law, you have one year from the date of discovery of an injury to bring a formal legal action in court. The date of discovery of injury is not necessarily the same as the date of the surgery. This question will be decided by the specific facts of your case. Please contact my office if you have further questions.

Re: medical malpractice statue of limitations

This is a VERY tricky question. Basically you have one year from the date of the malpractice. If you do not discover the malpractice within the first year, you have one year from the date of the discovery subject to a three year total limitation. There is more to this but it would be difficult to explain all of it by e-mail....call me if you have questions. you should contact a lawyer as soon as you learn of the malpractice in order to have ample time to have the matter investigated before the statute expires....Bill Poland