Medical malpractice - Injured in a NYC Hospital - How much time do I have to file a claim?

They were injured while in a city-owned, municipal hospital. Not just any hospital in New York City ... a hospital. It is extremely important to know how much time you have a claim against the hospital file, and how much time you have to file a complaint. If you are not in time to a file, you'll likely never be able to bring a claim for your injuries.

First, here is a list of municipal hospitals in New York> City:

Bellevue Hospital Center

Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility Franklin D. Roosevelt Iceland

Governor Health Care Services

Harlem Hospital Center

Metropolitan Hospital Center

Renaissance Health Care Network Diagnostic & Treatment Center

Jacobi Medical Center

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Morrisania Diagnostic & Treatment Center

North Central Bronx Hospital

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic & Treatment Center

Coney Hospital, Iceland

Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center

East New York Diagnostic & Treatment Center

Kings County Hospital Center

Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Queens Hospital Center

Typically, you only have 90 days from the date ofMisconduct within which a claim against the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation File (the company is technically owns the company and responsible for these local health care facilities).

If for some reason you have missed the deadline to lodge a claim file, there are a few exceptions that you could make your claim late file. However, in order to do so, your lawyer will have to ask a court for special permission from the end of the file,and there are specific legal reasons why the case could be accepted, even if it's late and many reasons why it will not be accepted.

The important point is that if you agree that something wrong had happened at a municipal hospital in New York City suspicious (that is, within the 5 boroughs, New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Iceland and the Bronx), you must please contact an experienced medical malpractice attorney immediately toTo protect your rights to bring a claim and then filing lawsuits.

In New York State, you must submit an application for a timely FIRST file before you even a lawsuit. This requirement applies only to cases before the municipal hospital and a state hospital. This does not apply to a private hospital. This is called "pre-requisite known. Your claim must be filed first, and then you have a limited time to start your action.

Typically, you only have oneYears and 90 days from the date of the irregularity in which you start your lawsuit against the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. There are few exceptions to this rule.

** This is important! ** Even though this information is as of this writing the exact (26 November 2007), you must confirm an experienced New York medical malpractice lawyer to advise it that it is still exactly the time you think you haveclaim.

It is important that you do not wait for years to bring a claim or action against any of the above hospitals. You must act immediately. As always, talk to a qualified lawyer who sell similar cases processed before a decision on the time to submit a claim and the time to start a process. As an informed consumer, you are a better people and help you understand how the legal system.