One of the hardest conversations we have is with veterans who contact us about VA medical malpractice after the two-year statute of limitations has expired. We hear variations of the same story: they received negligent care, focused on recovery, assumed someone would tell them if they needed to take legal action, and now it's too late. The Federal Tort Claims Act has an absolute two-year statute of limitations. Not two years and one day. Not "we didn't know." Not "we were wai

When we talk with potential clients about medical malpractice, they often focus on individual doctors—t he surgeon who made a mistake, the physician who missed a diagnosis. But some of the most serious cases we handle involve something broader: institutional negligence, where the hospital's own systems and policies contributed to patient harm. Institutional negligence is different from individual malpractice. It's not about one provider making a mistake. It's about hospitals

Recent reports reveal that some VA facilities are enforcing strict limits on veterans' individual mental health therapy sessions, sometimes cutting off treatment after eight to twelve visits regardless of clinical need. For veterans with PTSD, depression, and other service-connected conditions, this raises serious questions about adequate care. Multiple VA mental health providers have told media outlets they previously had discretion to extend therapy based on clinical judgme