Tampa Personal Injury Attorney Discusses Timeframe for Filing a Case

As an experienced Tampa Personal Injury Attorney I am often asked how long one has to file a claim for a personal injury case.  For most personal injury claims, you have four years from the date of the event within which to pursue a claim. There are exceptions to that. For example, if you are injured in a motor vehicle accident or a collision and the adverse driver has no coverage but you have underinsured or uninsured motorist coverage, you have five years to bring that claim against your insurance company because that’s a contractual claim. Medical malpractice claims, which are also considered personal injury claims, there’s a two-year statute of limitations from the time that you knew or reasonably should have known. The same in product liability; claims are four years.

Are you unsure of when you have to file your claim for a personal injury case?  If so, contact the experienced Tampa Personal Injury Attorney Betsey Herd.

This educational blog was brought you by Betsey Herd, an experienced Tampa Personal Injury Attorney.