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VerifiedYour statute of limitation has not run. But you do need a medical malpractice lawyer to pursue it on contingency fee basis right away. You can find one on www.martindale.com The stronger the medical evidence and witnesses available the stronger the case.
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You most assuredly need to retain a medical malpractice lawyer not a personal injury lawyer.
What you can do to find is lawyer is one of the following things.
What you can do is contact the Law Society and use their Lawyer Referral Service. You will be given the names of three lawyers and can consult with any or all of them and the first half hour will be free.
Or you can check on a site called lexpert. This is a legal directory of leading lawyers and law firms throughout Canada and is well-respected by the legal community.
Here's the link to their website:
http://www.lexpert.ca/Directory/DirectoryContent/FindLawyersOrFirm.aspx
If the lawyers you call are defence lawyers they will have a list of lawyers that will act for patients without a doubt.
I hope that helps as a starting point.
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You most assuredly need to retain a medical malpractice lawyer not a personal injury lawyer.
What you can do to find is lawyer is one of the following things.
What you can do is contact the Law Society and use their Lawyer Referral Service. You will be given the names of three lawyers and can consult with any or all of them and the first half hour will be free.
Or you can check on a site called lexpert. This is a legal directory of leading lawyers and law firms throughout Canada and is well-respected by the legal community.
Here's the link to their website:
http://www.lexpert.ca/Directory/DirectoryContent/FindLawyersOrFirm.aspx
If the lawyers you call are defence lawyers they will have a list of lawyers that will act for patients without a doubt.
I hope that helps as a starting point.
Please click accept so that I can receive credit for providing you with this information.
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