Medical Malpractice Limits

No Person Eligible To Sue

People find this hard to believe, but it’s true. Doctors have special protections about who can sue them in the case of a death. If a doctor’s carelessness causes a death, then there are circumstances where there is no one eligible to sue them because no one meets the definition of a “survivor” of that dead person under the Medical Malpractice Act.

So believe it or not, if you are over 25 and you are an independent person and your single parent dies from a doctor’s obvious medical negligence, you have no claim. Because you are an independent person over 25 you are not characterized as a survivor.