Minnesota's Statutes of Limitations Personal Injury Law Below you will find Minnesota's statutes of limitations for many common types of lawsuits. Practice Area: Automobile/Motor Vehicle Accidents Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.05, Subd. 1(5) Time Period: These actions must be brought within Six years of the date of the injury Practice Area: Aviation Accident-Plane Crash Time Period: Six Years Practice Area: Bicycle Accident Practice Area: Boats, Personal Watercraft & Jet Skis Accidents Practice Area: Burn Injuries Practice Area: Bus Accidents
Practice Area: Construction Site Accidents Practice Area: Dog Bites & Animal Attacks Practice Area: Motorcycle Accident Practice Area: Pedestrian Accidents Practice Area: Railroad/Train Crossing Accidents Practice Area: Semi Tractor Trailer Accidents Practice Area: Rollover Accidents (SUV, Van & ATV) Practice Area: Premises Liability - Slip, Trip & Fall, Negligent Maintence, Operation or Insection
Practice Area: Injury caused by defective design or construction. Applicable Law: Minn. Stat 541.051, Subd. 1(c) Time Period: 2 years after discovery of injury and no more than 10 years after substantial completion of project Practice Area: Wrongful Death Applicable Law: Minn Stat. 573.02, Subd. 1 Time Period: Three years Practice Area: Product Liability/Defective Products Notice after attorney-client relationship begins Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 604.04 Time Period: Six Months Practice Area: Strict Liability Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.05, Subd. 2 Time Period: Four years Practice Area: Warranty Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 336.2-725 Time Period: Four years Practice Area: Negligence
Expiration of a product's useful life as a factor in weighing fault Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 604.03 Time Period: Fact question Practice Area: Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice - Injury Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.076 Time Period: Four years from the date the cause of action accrued. Practice Area: Medical Malpractice - Death Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.076 Minn. Stat. 573.02 Time Period: Three years from the date of death, but not more than four years from the date the cause of action started. Practice Area: Liquor Liability or Dram Shop Claims Notice requirements after attorney-client relationship was formed. Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 340A.802, Subd. 2 Time Period: 240 days Practice Area: Statutes of limitations from date of injury Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 340A.802, Subd. 2 Time Period: Two years Practice Area: Legal Malpractice Time Period: Six year from when damage occurs Practice Area: Claims Against State or Municipality Notice to municipality after loss or injury Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 466.05, Subd. 1 (municipality) Time Period: 180 days
Practice Area: Notice to State after loss or injury Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 3.736(5) (state) Time Period: 180 days Practice Area: Notice requirement to a municipality after an injury or loss resulting in a death Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 466.05, Subd. 2 (municipality) Time Period: One year Practice Area: Notice requirement to a state after an injury or loss resulting in a death Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 3.736, Subd. 6 (state) Time Period: One year Practice Area: Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims (The applicable statute of limitations runs from the date of accident.) Applicable Law: O'Neill v. Illinois Farmers, 381 N.W.2d 439 (Minn. 1986), Nelson v. State Farm, 567 N.W. 2d 770 (Minn. App. 1997). Time Period: Six Years Practice Area: Intentional tort such as assault and battery Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.07 Time Period: Two years Practice Area: Statutes of Limitations for Children (Minors) Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.15(a) (1) Time Period: One year after reaching majority (except in medical negligence cases: four-year statute of limitations plus seven-year tolling provision). SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS Practice Area: Minority (Anyone under the age of 18 when the injury occurs, has until age 19 to initiate litigation even if the statute of limitations would normally have run
before the age of 19). Applicable Law: Minn. Stat. 541.15(a) (1) Time Period: One year after reaching majority