Oklahoma · Nursing Home Abuse: Get Help and Check the Care

Nursing Home Abuse: Get Help and Check the Care in Oklahoma

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Filing deadline2 years from date of injury12 O.S. § 95(A)(3)

Deadlines vary with the facts of each case. A lawyer can confirm yours.

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01 · Your filing deadline

What is the deadline in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma's personal injury SOL is 2 years (12 O.S. § 95(A)(3)). A lawyer can confirm yours.

2 years from date of injury

Source: 12 O.S. § 95(A)(3)

Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.

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A lawyer can check which filing rules apply to your circumstances.

02 · Where cases are heard

Where would my case be heard?

Oklahoma's Nursing Home Care Act (63 O.S. § 1-1939) provides a private right of action and enhanced remedies for nursing home abuse. Oklahoma follows modified comparative fault with a 51% bar. Oklahoma has approximately 300 nursing facilities and a 2-year personal injury SOL.

Oklahoma County District Court

320 Robert S Kerr Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Court website

U.S. District Court — Western District of Oklahoma

200 NW 4th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Court website

Medical facilities in Oklahoma

  • OU Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center — Level I Trauma

How this works nationally

For the overall process and updates, read the Nursing Home Abuse: Get Help and Check the Care overview. This page covers the local information available for Oklahoma.

What happens when I check?

You answer a few short questions about what happened. If you send them, your answers are kept on file. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you. People's Justice is not a law firm.

Live in Oklahoma? Read what applies in your state.

Register your interest. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you.

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Sources

  1. 12 O.S. § 95(A)(3)