Legislative Provision Savannah GA

A statute of limitations is a legislative provision setting a reasonable time frame in which a legal right may be exercised. If the injured party does not assert his or her right within the set time frame, the party cannot get a legal remedy. Statute of limitations is the specified timeframe within which one must initiate a criminal or a civil legal action. Once the statute of limitations has expired then, it is not possible to initiate legal actions despite the merits of the case. In most instances, a statute of limitations can not be waived or extended. The only exceptions are the discovery rule and tolling of the statute of limitation.

The statute of limitation for wrongful death can be confusing in certain cases, especially if the deceased does not die right away. If someone is injured in a car accident, never brings an action for personal injury, lives for just over two years and then dies of complications from his injuries. If the state has a two-year statute of limitations for personal injuries, that period will be over before the person died, and in some states, the person would have already given up all rights to file a lawsuit for damages from the accident. The family will not be able to bring a wrongful death action because the claim has expired. In some states, there are special laws for death caused by faulty or dangerous products. The statute of limitation begins to run at the time of death, even if the family of the deceased didn’t know that the product caused the death or that the product was faulty or dangerous.

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