What is the time limit for filing a suit?
The answer to this depends on what type of claim is involved. A personal injury claim generally has a one year statute of limitations. This is sometimes extended to 1 year from the time you knew or should have known of the cause of action which is called the “discovery rule”. Minors under some circumstances have until age 18 plus one year to file suit. However, there are shorter statutes of repose (for example against a physician or in a products liability case). There are other statutes that can also come into effect and these are too numerous to discuss here. The statute of repose may serve as an additional time limit to the cause of action in addition to the statute of limitations. Further explanation of this should be sought in consultation. Under the workers’ compensation laws, the general rule is one year from the date of the injury or one year from the date of last voluntary payment of medical treatment. The law recently changed and are evolving rules which makes matters complic
