Legal Procedures

Statute of Repose

A law that bars claims after a certain time from the defendant's act, regardless of when the injury was discovered.

In Personal Injury Cases

Unlike statutes of limitations (which run from injury discovery), statutes of repose run from the defendant's conduct and cannot be tolled.

Reference context

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When a statute of repose question starts around statute-of-limitations, the claim-number trail matters because late-night traffic can blur the deadline clock before witnesses are contacted.

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