Don’t Miss Your Deadline: Understanding Florida’s Personal Injury Statute of Limitations

Following an injury or accident in Florida, your immediate priorities are naturally focused on your health, your wellbeing, and recovering lost wages. That is exactly where your focus should be.

However, if you want to hold the at-fault party accountable and recover your losses, it is crucial to understand that Florida enforces strict legal deadlines. The most critical of these is the statute of limitations.
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If you fail to file a lawsuit within this specific timeframe, with very few exceptions, you will be completely barred from recovering any money for your harms and losses. Here is what you need to know about how the statute of limitations works in Florida and why you cannot afford to wait.

The Big Change: From 4 Years to 2 Years
Many people are still under the impression that Florida allows four years to file a personal injury lawsuit. That is no longer the law.
In March of 2023, Florida passed major legislative revisions specifically dealing with personal injury claims. Among these changes was a massive reduction in the time you have to file a lawsuit:

• Before March 2023: If your accident occurred before the law changed, your claim is subject to the old law, giving you a four-year statute of limitations.
• After March 2023: If your accident occurred after the law changed, you are subject to the new, much shorter two-year statute of limitations. You only have two years from the exact date of your accident to commence a legal action.
  
  

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