What Is the Statute of Limitations for Filing a Wrongful Death Case?

From Leon’s interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on ReelLawyers.com.

Transcript

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in Pennsylvania the stat limitations for
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following a wrongful death case is two
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years from the date of death so there
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might have been negligence that occurred
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uh at some point while the patient was
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all eyed and then the patient lived for
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another six months and then died as a
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result of the negligence the statute for
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wrongful death actually doesn’t begin to
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run until the patient actually dies and
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then you get two years to file a lawsuit
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you can never bring a lawsuit more than
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two years after the a patient’s death

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