Tennessee HCLA Case Dismissed under Statute of Limitations.
Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Where a patient left the hospital with known pressure ulcers and no wound treatment plan, the statute of limitations for his HCLA (health care liability act, formerly known as medical malpractice) claim related to those skin wounds began to run on the day he was discharged from the hospital. In Jackson v. This ruling was affirmed on appeal.
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