Tennessee 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.

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

Attorney fees limited to 1/3 of award to plaintiff

Caps on damages – Tennessee Statute of Limitations Laws

Medical Malpractice—For causes of action arising in tort, the state shall only be liable for damages up to the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per claimant and one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence

Product Liability – Tennessee does not limit damages in product liability cases

The same as above applies to pharmaceutical cases.

For Statute of Limitations

• Negligence - 1 yr statute of limitations. Statute begins to run from the time client discovers or should have discovered, the negligent act
• Medical Malpractice – Against health care providers = within 1 yr. of date of injury or 1 yr. from date of discovery; may not file more than 3 yrs from date of negligent act. Actions based on insertion of foreign object = must be brought within 1 yr. after wrongful act is or should have been discovered.
• Product Liability – 1 year after suffering injury
• Wrongful Death – 1 year after date of death
• Survival – 1 yr after suffering injury

Except in cases of wrongful death, the statute of limitations begins to run on the minor's 18th birthday;

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Nashville, TN 37243
615-251-5200
http://www.state.tn.us./safety/

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