If New York\u2019s new medical malpractice program does speed up these kinds of cases, it may be something other states should consider.<\/p>\n
It is no secret that medical malpractice lawsuits can be very long and drawn out, costly, and frustrating. This drawback has frustrated plaintiffs and attorneys alike, who have often been heard to say that something needs to be done about the long delay between the injury and the denouement of justice.<\/p>\n
There have been attempts over the years to shorten up the time lag, but nothing has really been successful. You may recall that one of the efforts to speed things up was capping damages, aka tort reform, and we all know how well that did not go over since the victim gets hurt twice by the system in the process. However, there may be some hope that the process can be sped up into a shorter time period.<\/p>\n