Good News: Your lawsuit is scheduled for October 2265

That’s crazy. The pandemic had the opposite effect locally. It used to brake a case 18-24 months to come up for trial after discovery was completed. There is currently zero delay and if you are prepared to do so, you can start your trial inside of a month.

The appellate Courts are still very backed up, appeals are not being heard for two years after all of the papers have been submitted.

The absolute longest delay I ever had in a case was 10 years. That was a medical malpractice case which got stayed not once, not twice, but three times, due to two bankruptcy filings by the hospital and the death of one of the name defendants. Those cases typically take about 3 years, but we lost 2 years, 2 years, and 6 months respectively, and then of course the above mentioned trial delay. It actually wound up being to our advantage. Our client was now 18 years old instead of 8, and was fully able to testify about her condition in specific detail.