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Statutes Of Limitations

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You remember the sounds of glass shattering and recall the feeling of your heart skipping as the pain that quickly followed. The feeling of helplessness while seeing the devastating accident that you had no part in causing. Frustration quickly followed as you began to think of the negligence of the incident, which soon turns to worry when thinking about what you are going to do next. When you are in a car accident due to someone else’s heedlessness, it can be frustrating, scary and sometimes even devastating. It was by no fault of your own, you or your loved ones have suffered from it, and now what? Do you have options for moving forward? The answer is yes! Pursuing a lawsuit against the negligent party involved can seem like a daunting …show more content…

To avoid overly complicated jargon, the statutes of limitations are the legal time-frames set by your justice system that provides specific deadlines for filing a personal injury lawsuit. For the state of Arizona, the court system allows an individual to have up to two years to file a personal injury claim in the event of a car accident causing bodily harm. In the Arizona Revised Statutes section 12-542, it specially states that an individual can file a claim up to two years later for all actions for any injury to a driver, passenger or pedestrian for car accident related injuries. Typically, the two years you have to file begins on the date that the accident …show more content…

Filing a claim is only the beginning step in the whole process. Once that initial step is taken, you need to build a strong case for a personal injury accident lawsuit which requires a great deal of time and resources. Finding and serving the negligent party can take weeks or longer before it is determined all the parties that were involved in the accident. Personal documents need to be acquired and organized, a lot of paperwork needs to be filled out and depositions need to be taken. Also, the longer you hold off on filing a claim, the more likely you will be to lose track of certain witnesses, doctors, documents and other important evidence needed to strengthen your

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