How to Sue – Hospital

Hospital - How to sue hospital

Step One:  Figure Out if You Should Sue Anyone Before you start to think about how to sue a hospital, you should decide whether you should sue the hospital.  You can only successfully sue doctors, hospitals, dentists, or nurses for “professional negligence” if whatever they did “fell below the applicable standard of care.”  In other…

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What happens at a deposition?

The Deposition Notice You or your lawyer will receive a “deposition notice” that says when and where your deposition is going to take place.  It will also tell you whether your deposition is going to be recorded by a stenographer or a stenographer/videographer.  A stenographer is the court reporter.  The stenographer will type out everything…

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What is Expected of Me in a Deposition?

What is Expected of Me in a Deposition – Whether My Case or Someone Else’s? The Court Expects You to Be Respectful. What is expected of me in a deposition? Respect! Forget everything you have seen on television about lawsuits or court cases. Law & Order is very entertaining, but not very realistic. There will…

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Statute of Limitations

Are the lawyers making my case take forever?

Statute of limitations – how hard can this be? Just figure out when the plaintiff got hurt, add the amount of time on the statute, and that’s the deadline to file, right? No, it’s much more complicated than that.

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