Is there a statute of limitation for filing a civil lawsuit against the U.S. Government?
People sue the government all the time. They sue the police and the District Attorney. They sue public schools. They sue officials in their private capacity. They sue school bus drivers and transit workers and garbage trucks and snowplows. You absolutely can sue the government. You just need to do it properly. A 2008 case on Long Island was filed by 10 nurses from the Philippines did they impossible: They sued the Suffolk County District Attorney: Filippino Nuses, Healers in Trouble - The New York Times. Impossible, right? USA Today ran an article in 2010: "Absolute immunity shields prosecutors from lawsuits." Huffington Post ran "The Untouchables: America's Misbehaving Prosecutors, And The System That Protects Them" today. So you can't sue a District Attorney or a prosecutor; they are protected by absolute immunity, right? Wrong. What the Suffolk County D.A. did, and when he did it, dis-qualified him from claiming immunity. I'll bet even he was surprised when he found out you can do that. The Washington Post in a 2014 report, "7th Circuit pokes a hole in prosecutorial immunity," explained how immunity might be lost by negligent or corrupt prosecutor: Over the years, the U.S. Supreme Court has carved out one limited exception to absolute immunity: When prosecutors act as investigators — that is, when they engage in activities more often associated with police — they may lose some of their immunity, at which point they’re only protected by the doctrine of qualified immunity given to cops and other public officials. It happens. Rarely. But most people don't sue. Because they can't. Not because the government is immune. Not because the Constitution precludes them from suing. They can't because they're broke. A lawsuit like this costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Although this kind of lawsuit falls under the very broad category of "civil rights," the actual type of civil rights case is usually a due process action under 42 USC Section 1983. This is a tough category of claims, an uphill climb for ordinary lawyers. But some lawyers specialize in it; they are the ones you want to speak with. And do it quickly, because the notice of claim requirement in most states has nothing to do with the Statute of Limitations; it's a special SOL just for the government, which in New York is NINETY (90) DAYS. Get your a$$ to a lawyer now.
How do disabled people deal with discrimination?
Because discrimination exists in our society, people with special needs will become negatively impacted. You will be able to identify if your children are suffering from discrimination by some of the following. People with special needs will react to discrimination by beginning to: * Find it difficult to understand others' reactions to them. * Find life lonely, unable to play with the kids in their neighborhood. * Resent having to go to special classes or schools rather than to the regular classes in the neighborhood schools with their friends. * Feel self conscious about their differences. * Feel resentful about how others treat them, like talking loudly or slowly to them. * Find it difficult to compete for academic honors or scholarships in public high schools. * Find it hard to get into colleges of their choice. * Find it difficult to get competitive employment. * Have fewer resources to use for day programming or housing when they reach adulthood. * Are sometimes unable to participate in religious, cultural, leisure activities and recreational programs of their choosing. With me, I have grown fight back. In fact, I have made my share of very powerful enemies over the past 22 years because of it. It gives me something to do instead staying locked up in my room and feeling sorry for myself due to my disability. BTW, I'm in the process of creating a website that contains my resume and all the work I did while in college.So, if there is any doubt to what I can do, they could refer to this website and see for themselves exactly what this "retard" can do.
What is Limitations in filing a Mesothelioma Lawsuit?
However, this is to be discussed here that ‘The law’ imposes a certain time limit to file a lawsuit. Mesothelioma patients are only eligible to claim for the expenses of the treatment until the law forbids them. An individual has only a certain period of time after they are diagnosed with asbestos cancer for pursuing a lawsuit in order to claim compensation. Thus, once diagnosed with the cancer, the patient must immediately work his way with the attorney in to pursuing a lawsuit. Mesothelioma is a deadly disease and needs to be remedied as soon as the patient is diagnosticated with it.
Is there an expiry date for filing a lawsuit against another entity for tort?
It is not a guideline, it is mandatory, a true deadline. It is called a statute of limitations and the time frame varies widely.You asked about torts, but there are deadline for doing almost everything legal whether it is filing a commercial law suit against a company that didn't pay its bill, to filing a criminal complaint against a child molester (Denny Hastert the US former Speaker of the House of Representatives will go to prison for financially covering up child molestation but it is too late to prosecute him for the molestation itself).The only thing that comes to mind without a deadline is filing for divorce. No doubt other Quorans will have other examples.Back to your slip and fall tort suit. Keeping this in Illinois ONLY and keeping in mind this is information and not advice, consider these possibilities.If you are over 18 when you fell, you have 2 years to file.If you are 15 when you fell, you get 2 years after you turn 18 to file.If the place you fell is the lobby of the courthouse going into the Starbucks in the lobby, you have 1 year to file against public entities meaning the Courthouse as the property owner even if you have 2 years to file against Starbucks as the tenant.Having fun yet?Let's say you slipped in the coffee shop in a hospital lobby and the hospital is called Community General? Is it one year or two? (That is a real case by the way).Let's broaden this a bit. The doctor who treated the leg you broke when you fell didn't do such a good job so you sue him for malpractice. You have 2 years from the day he messed up. But what happens if you don't find out that the reason you still limp is because of the doctor's mistake? Well you get 2 years to discover his mistake and then 2 years to file a lawsuit , but a maximum of 4 years from the injury itself. Lots of caveats on that .What about the lung condition you develop because the developer who built your apartment building allowed the pipes to leak causing a mold build up? How long to file that? And, when do you start counting? More caveats.Wait- can you toll the statute of limitations? I know the answer but I am not going there on a public website. The short answer is that there is a deadline, it varies by state and a wide number of circumstances . This is why you need a lawyer in the state in which the injury occurred.Do not dilly dally or delay.Hire your own lawyerHire them today.
Hi I got A Law Question? In A Lawsuit Involving Dog Attacks Can A lawyer sue the Homeowners Insurance for?
The owner being Negelience? Also can A Lawyer sue for Viciousness of the Attack? My dog bit A school kid and now Iam slapped with A lawsuit for 50k my dog chewed where A board is broken in the fence and escaped one morning? When the kid was walking to school hes A Purebreed Boxer? Also I got A another Question if somebody can help me out with? My Homeowners lawyer told me they aint gonna settle with no less then 35k? This kid is getting plastic surgery so will that come out of the 35k or can his lawyer after the surgery want more? Thank-you I know its my fault for not fixing my fence and now I gotta suffer the Consequence.