Arkansas Statute of Limitations

Pennsylvania Statute of Limitations
In Pennsylvania, the statute of limitation for a wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice lawsuit is two years.

What is statute of limitations? A statute of limitation is a common law legal system that sets forth the maximum time period after certain events such as a wrongful death that legal proceedings may be initiated.

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Statutes of limitations are predicated by fairness. Statutes of limitations provide closure which encourages courts and law enforcement agencies to handle lawsuit in a more timely fashion.

Arkansas statutes of limitations

• For negligence – 3 years
• For medical malpractice – 2 years from date of negligence
• For product negligence – 3 years of date of injury
• For wrongful death – 3 years from date of death
• For survival – 3 years

Arkansas has no caps on attorney fees for medical malpractice.

Arkansas minor tolling-Except in cases of wrongful death, in Arkansas, a person under 21 has three years after his or her 21st birthday to file suit.

In cases where a minor who suffers a medical injury and is nine years of age or younger at the time of the injury, the minor has until the later of the minor’s 11th birthday or two years from the act to file suit. If, however, no medical injury is known and could not have been reasonably discovered prior to the minor’s 11th birthday, the minor has until two years after the injury is known or reasonably could have been discovered, or until the minor’s 19th birthday, whichever is earlier, to file suit.

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Local Trial Lawyers
Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
1400 W. Markham Street
Suite 307
Little Rock, AR 72201
501.376.ATLA
http://www.arktla.org/ar/

State Police
Arkansas State Police Headquarters
1 State Police Plaza Drive
Little Rock, AR 72209
501.618.8000
http://www.asp.state.ar.us/