Medical Malpractice • Personal Injury
Patient Rights Suffer Setback With Failure of Lavern’s Law
By Michael Barasch
The recent failure in Albany of a measure known as “Lavern’s Law” means that New York remains one of only six states without a “date of discovery rule” for medical malpractice claims. This means: Malpractice victims have just 2 ½ years from the date harm actually occurred to sue if it occurred in a private […]
