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00:00:01 [Music] what is the statute limitations in a personal injury case well you’re going to like this lawyer answer it depends in most cases there’s a 2-year statute of limitations for most personal injury cases which means that you have to file a complaint in the superior court within 2 years of the date of your accident or you lose your case forever now there are some exceptions to that and you need to be with a law firm that understands those exceptions one of the most common problems people have is with
00:00:31 governmental agencies there is a strict six months requirement to file a claim with a governmental entity or you lose your case forever for example an MTA bus accident case or if the vehicle involved is run by a public agency like State of California after the claim is properly submitted you have 6 months after the denial of the claim by the governmental entity or if the governmental entity does not deny your claim which is very common it’s deemed denied after 4 days and then you have 2 years from the date
00:01:03 of your accident to uh file a complaint there are also specialty statute limitations for example for professional malpractice and for medical malpractice if you have any of these cases and you’re unsure about your your statute limitations you need to act promptly talk to a lawyer that’s experienced and understands what to do and you will have a a great experience um preserving your statute limitations without worrying about losing the right to make make your claim
