Automobile Accidents
Personal injury can be generally defined as, an injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract. Personal injury claims generally have a 2-year time limit to file starting from the day of the personal injury. See Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(1).
Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(1)
“An action . . . for any injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract, and not especially enumerated in this chapter, shall be commenced within two years; provided, that in an action at law based upon fraud or deceit, the limitation shall be deemed to commence only from the discovery of the fraud or deceit.”
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