What is the time statute for filing a lawsuit against a California dentist?

October 5, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
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mauriekent asked:

This dentist did so much damage to my teeth and bone that it is costing me upwards of $15,000 to $20,000 so far. I live in Arizona now but my current dentist is behind me all the way.

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2 Responses to “What is the time statute for filing a lawsuit against a California dentist?”
  1. davidmi711 says:
    October 6, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Medical Malpractice
    3 Years 3 Years from date of injury or 1 year from date of discovery, whichever occurs first except for foreign objects where SOL runs from when object is, or should have been, discovered. Infants under 6 have 3 years maximum, or prior to age 8, to commence actions (unless tolled by fraud or collusion of parent or guardian and defendant’s insurer or health care provider in failure to bring action for minor as a result of professional negligence). SOL tolled for fraud or intentional concealment of presence of non-therapeutic, non-diagnostic foreign body in person of plaintiff. This 3 year SOL is an exception to the 1 year wrongful death statute. 2 Year SOL in elder abuse cases. davidmi711

  2. arus.geo says:
    October 9, 2009 at 3:27 am

    For Medical Malpractice?

    3 years from the date of the injury, or one year from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first. If the medical malpractice action is based upon the presence of a foreign object found inside the plaintiff’s body, the statute of limitations does not start to run until the plaintiff discovers, or should have discovered, the object. The periods of limitation for medical malpractice apply to minors six years of age and older. arus.geo

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