When someone is injured by another person’s negligence, recklessness or intentional conduct, they may have grounds to file a personal injury claim as a way of recovering financial compensation. However, anyone who has been harmed should keep in mind that there are time limits involved in these situations and that failing to adhere to these time limits could lead to the dismissal of an otherwise valid case.

If you or someone you love has been injured in an accident, the best course of action is to seek help from a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible. Time may be running out on your case, so it is important to discuss your rights and options with an attorney before it’s too late.

When someone is harmed because of another person’s negligence, the victim has two years from the date of the injury to file a personal injury action. This can include car accidents, truck accidents, and other general accidents.

However, there are limited exceptions to this time limit, such as when the plaintiff could not have discovered an injury until a later date, but those situations are rare.

Those who are harmed by medical malpractice generally have either three years from the date of the injury or one year from the date of the discovery of the injury to file a lawsuit. The statute of limitations will not work against a plaintiff if he or she could not have discovered such problems as a foreign object inside his or her body or when fraud is present that conceals the nature of the medical malpractice.

If someone is harmed by the intentional acts of another, that plaintiff has one year to file a lawsuit for actions including slander, libel or false imprisonment, and two years for assault and battery.