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Negligence / Personal Injury

ALABAMA
years
ALASKA
Years. If infant, 2 years from 8th birthday.
ARIZONA
years with Discovery Rule.
ARKANSAS
years with Discovery Rule.
CALIFORNIA
year with Discovery Rule.
COLORADO
years with Discovery Rule (except auto accidents is 3 years).
CONNECTICUT
years from date of act or discovery. SOR: 3 years from date of act.
DELAWARE
years from date of injury. Discovery Rule applies.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
years with Discovery Rule.
FLORIDA
years with Discovery Rule.
When a personal injury action has yet to be brought or is in litigation and the plaintiff dies as a result of these injuries, no action for the personal injury shall survive, and any such action pending at the time of death shall abate (terminate).
GEORGIA
years with Discovery Rule.
HAWAII
years with Discovery Rule.
IDAHO
years from date of occurrence.
ILLINOIS
years with Modified Discovery Rule (knew or should have known injury was wrongfully caused even if plaintiff did not know it was actionable).
INDIANA
years with Discovery Rule.
IOWA
years with Discovery Rule.
KANSAS
years from “substantial injury”. SOR: 10 years with Discovery Rule (includes infants).
KENTUCKY
1 or 2 years with Discovery Rule.
LOUISIANA
year
MAINE
years with Discovery Rule.
MARYLAND
years with Discovery Rule.
MASSACHUSETTS
years with Discovery Rule.
MICHIGAN
years with Discovery Rule.
MINNESOTA
2 years except if caused by domestic abuse,SOL is then 6 years.
MISSISSIPPI
years from occurrence with Discovery Rule.
MISSOURI
years with Discovery Rule.
MONTANA
year with Occurrence Rule.
NEBRASKA
years with Discovery Rule.
NEVADA
years with Discovery Rule.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
years with Discovery Rule. In any action for personal injury, damages awarded may include compensation for noneconomic loss, but such damages shall in no case exceed $875,000. This limitation has, however, been held unconstitutional.
NEW JERSEY
years with Discovery Rule.
NEW MEXICO
years with Discovery Rule.
NEW YORK
years with Discovery Rule for exposure to toxic substances.
NORTH CAROLINA
years from act or discovery, whichever comes first. SOR: 10 years.
NORTH DAKOTA
years with Discovery Rule.
OHIO
years with Discovery Rule.
OKLAHOMA
years with Discovery Rule.
OREGON
years with Discovery Rule.
PENNSYLVANIA
years with Discovery Rule.
PUERTO RICO
year
RHODE ISLAND
years with Discovery Rule.
SOUTH CAROLINA
years with Discovery Rule.
SOUTH DAKOTA
years with Discovery Rule.
TENNESSEE
year with Discovery Rule.
TEXAS
years with Discovery Rule.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
years
UTAH
4 years with Discovery Rule.
VERMONT
years with Discovery Rule.
VIRGINIA
years with Discovery Rule.
WASHINGTON
years with Discovery Rule.
WEST VIRGINIA
years with Discovery Rule.
WISCONSIN
years with Discovery Rule.
WYOMING
years with Discovery Rule.

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