What is the statute of limitations?
Every state has certain time limits, called “statutes of limitations,” that govern the period during which you must file a personal injury lawsuit. In some states, for example, you may have as little as one year to file a lawsuit from an automobile accident. When the statute of limitations expires on your case, you simply no longer have a case. Statutes of limitations differ not only from state to state, but also in regard to the kinds of lawsuits involved. In some states, the statutes of limitations for medical malpractice, suits against governmental agencies and wrongful death actions is shorter than that for other types of personal injury cases. In general; however, the statute of limitations for personal injury cases is from one to three years, and the time begins from the time of the accident. For more information regarding the limitations for your specific case, please contact THE ATTORNEYS AT KIRSHNER AND GROFF.
Generally, it is a law which says that your claim or waiver request may not be considered valid because you filed it too late. Depending upon the type of claim, the time limit for submitting your claim will be set out in a specific statute. As a general rule, a claim for any type of pay, allowances, travel, or survivor benefits must be filed within 6 years. If you plan to ask the government to waive its debt against you which resulted from erroneous overpayment of pay or allowances (including travel and relocation), you must submit a waiver application within 3 years of the date of the government’s discovery of the error. We strongly encourage you to file any proper claim as soon as you know you have one in order to preserve the documents you may need to prove your case. If the government loses your records and we cannot reconstruct the situation, you may not be able to meet your burden of proof.
The statutes of limitations are time frames in which you have to file a lawsuit. When the statute of limitations expires on your case, you simply don’t have a case anymore. Statutes of limitation differ not only from state to state, but also in regard to the kinds of lawsuits involved. In some states the statute of limitations for medical malpractice, suits against governmental agencies, and wrongful death actions is shorter than that for other types of personal injury cases. In general, however, the statute of limitations for personal injury cases is from one to four years, and the time begins from the time of the accident. There are some exceptions and an experienced lawyer can help you with them.
