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Stipulated Jury Instructions for medical malpractice case

Just because you are unhappy with your treatment or results does not mean the doctor is liable for medical malpractice. … To sue for malpractice, you must be able to show that the doctor caused you harm in a way that a competent doctor, under the same circumstances, would not have.

The filing of the lawsuit starts the clock running on when the case might get to trial. Every state’s pre-trial procedures are different, but generally it will take between a year and a half and three years after the lawsuit is filed for a medical malpractice case to get to trial.