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  1. #1
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    Default Did the Missouri Statute of Limitations Run Out

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Missouri

    I was seeing a dr. concerning elevated liver enzymes in 2003. He thought it was caused by my gallbladder, so it was taken out. My enzymes went even higher, so that wasn't the cause. Because of that surgery, I developed an incisional hernia which had to be repaired. Five months later, I was again undergoing the knife for the same hernia...the first one, he'd just sewn shut and it didn't hold. The second time, he installed a mesh. A week after that surgery, I was back in the hospital for a few days, due to an infection in the surgical site. We had no insurance, and this cost us over $30,000 in hospital bills alone.

    In March 2005, another doctor (surgeon) discovered I have non-alcoholic cirrhosis, which was what was actually causing the enzymes to be elevated. (Said my liver was the largest he'd ever seen. And my spleen was enlarged.) I've had the biopsies, etc., to confirm it. Also, I'd had symptoms of Sarcoidosis while seeing the first doctor. I'd asked him if it were possible I had that, and he replied no. The second doctor confirmed I do have it. (I've already been to a large medical center to have tests done to see if my lungs have been affected yet, and they haven't. The tumor that had been removed was near my liver, so don't know if that contributed to the cirrhosis or not.)

    We'd been paying on the bills from the first doctor/hospital (we'd mentioned to him our bills were really piling up, and he'd answered, "Oh, you don't have Medicaid? I thought you had medicaid." We'd answered, "No. We are self-pay." That was in my records. Guess he didn't look.) Now the hospital has filed suit for the remainder of the bill (hence the original post). Oh, 'we' being my husband and I. He always accompanies me to my dr. appts.

    In posting a question on medical collections, it was suggested I post on here. I was under the assumption the SOL had run out long ago on this. Am I correct?

    Thank you for your time.

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    Default Re: Did the Missouri Statute of Limitations Run Out

    The limitations period for medical malpractice? Normally two years. You can consult a local medical malpractice lawyer to see if any exceptions might apply in your case (but doctor lobbies have been good at keeping exceptions to a minimum.)

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    Default Re: Did the Missouri Statute of Limitations Run Out

    You really need to see a medical malpractice attorney.

    Sometimes the statute of limitations does not begin to run, legally, until the injury is discovered, or should have been discovered. This is an issue you need to talk to a malpractice attorney about.

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