Understanding the Med Mal Act: Statute of Limitations
The statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions in Tennessee is one year. See T.C.A. 29-26-115. If the injury is not discovered within this one year period, the statute of limitations may be extended to one year after discovery of the injury. Tennessee's statute of repose, however, limits the filing of any medical malpractice action to three years after the date of the negligent act or omission. There is an exception to these time limitations where a foreign object is discovered in the patient's body, in which case the statute of limitations is one year after discovery of a foreign object.
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