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2. Michigan mom, son awarded $120M in malpractice lawsuit ... - AOL

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   A Wayne County jury awarded a mother and her 13-year-old son $120 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Henry Ford Health System. ... the statute of limitations to sue is two years for ...

3. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   For example, in Pennsylvania, there is a two-year statute of limitation, [19] but in other states the limitations period may be longer. Most states have special provisions for minors that may potentially extend the statute of limitations for a minor who has been injured as the result of medical malpractice. [20]

4. Non-economic damages caps - Wikipedia

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   Tort law. Non-economic damages caps are tort reforms to limit ( i.e., "cap") damages in lawsuits for subjective, non-pecuniary harms such as pain, suffering, inconvenience, emotional distress, loss of society and companionship, loss of consortium, and loss of enjoyment of life. [ 1][ 2] This is opposed to economic damages, which encompasses ...

5. Personal injury - Wikipedia

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   Personal injury. Car collisions are a major cause of personal injury cases. Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. [ 1] In common law jurisdictions the term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit in which the person bringing the suit (the plaintiff in ...

6. Legal malpractice - Wikipedia

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   An attorney-client relationship, Negligence by the attorney, A loss or injury to the client caused by the negligence, and. Financial loss or injury to the client. To satisfy the third element, legal malpractice requires proof of what would have happened had the attorney not been negligent; that is, "but for" the attorney's negligence ( "but for ...

7. Statute of limitations - Wikipedia

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   Statute of limitations. A statute of limitations, known in civil law systems as a prescriptive period, is a law passed by a legislative body to set the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated. [ 1][ 2] In most jurisdictions, such periods exist for both criminal law and civil law such as contract law and ...