3 Years from date of injury or 1 year from date of discovery, whichever occurs first except for foreign objects where SOL runs from when object is, or should have been, discovered. Infants under 6 have 3 years maximum, or prior to age 8, to commence actions (unless tolled by fraud or collusion of parent or guardian and defendant’s insurer or health care provider in failure to bring action for minor as a result of professional negligence). SOL tolled for fraud or intentional concealment of presence of non-therapeutic, non-diagnostic foreign body in person of plaintiff. This 3 year SOL is an exception to the 1 year wrongful death statute. 5 Year SOL in elder abuse cases.
Caps:
$250,000 limit for non-economic damages.
1 year
For legal malpractice SOL is 1 year with discovery rule, or 4 years from wrongful act, whichever occurs first, except in cases of fraud.
1 year for libel, slander, false imprisonment, seduction of one below the age of consent.
2 years for assault and battery.
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