Are you a veteran? Have you received poor medical care? Did you suffer an injury because of a doctor? You may be entitled for compensation benefits. In Tampa, veterans can receive medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). So if any negligence on the part of the VA hospitals or doctors leading to any injury or death can be charged for necessary legal action.
How will you progress thereafter?
If want to go after the VA for malpractice there is a law called Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to protect you. This would allow you to file a claim against VA medical institution for negligence and receive compensation for any injuries.
There is a time limit to file a claim. Once you know about your injury you need to file the claim within two years from the date. State law limitation wouldn’t be applied over here. After two years your claim would be dismissed.
.Because you know you have an injury and claim rights you can’t go straight to the court. FTCA would guide you on the rules. You should have supportive facts on your behalf; ensure you ask the compensation amount after proper investigation of your loss.
Then VA would review the claim on its merits and cross-examine the claim within 6 months. If everything works out fine it will dispatch compensation grant for you. Then you can file a lawsuit against VA. You can’t make any claim after the deadline of two years.
There won’t be any jury trial under the FTCA. Only a judge can examine the evidence and make a quick decision. A Tampa Medical Malpractice Lawyer can guide you on the process right from filing against VA to the trial process. Here the trial process would be much quicker.