The question for the Court was therefore: when did the two -
year limitation period begin to run, on the date of loss or at some later date?
Not exact matches
For example, if the doctor leaves a medical sponge inside a patient the 2 -
year statute of
limitations period doesn't
begin to run until the date the patient knows (or should know) that their symptoms were caused by medical malpractice, even if you were having pain, but still no more than four
years from when it happened unless the patient was a minor.
The Plan provided for a one -
year limitation period which
began to run «from the date of the claim decision» or «claim review decision».
The Court's ruling in Chavez v. Delgado, 2014 - NMCA - 014 (2014), is important because it determined that the three
year statute of
limitations period for a medical malpractice claim
begins when an injured plaintiff is prescribed an allegedly harmful medication, and not when he or she suffers a related injury or dies.
In any such case, if the person entitled to bring the action was at the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurred under the age of 18
years, under legal disability, or imprisoned on criminal charges and the claim is not against the Illinois Department of Corrections or any past or present employee, the
limitation period does not
begin to run until the person reaches the age of 18, the disability is removed, or the person ceases to be imprisoned.
Accordingly, it was found that the primary six -
year limitation period in tort
began to run at that point, and had expired before the claim was issued in March 2015.
In previous posts, we have discussed the basic two -
year limitation period for
beginning a personal injury claim.
Most wrongful death actions are governed by the 2 -
year limitation period found in California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1, which
begins from the date of death.
If, however, the
limitation period clock
began to run on the date of the OSC Order (as the BCSC contended), the BCSC order would stand as the proceeding was commenced well within 6
years of the OSC Order.
Accordingly, if the one -
year contractual
limitation period began tolling on that date, the claim issued in April 2011 is out of time.