name = "Statute of limitations for Medical malpractice — by U.S. state"
description = "Civil statute-of-limitations filing deadlines for Medical malpractice in 51 states: 1–5 years (median 2). Each state's statutory period + citation are RECORDED (verify at the cited URL); whether the statute applies to a specific claim and when the clock started is fact-specific legal judgment (L5), NOT legal advice. A missed statute of limitations usually bars a claim permanently. Source: CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026). CC0."
license = "CC0-1.0"
jsonld = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/sol/claim/medical-malpractice.jsonld"

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/sol/claim/medical-malpractice/range"
warrant = "DERIVED"
name = "The civil statute of limitations for Medical malpractice ranges from 1 to 5 years across U.S. states"
text = "For Medical malpractice, the general civil statute of limitations is 1–5 years (median 2) across 51 states. A DERIVED min/max/median over each state's RECORDED statutory period (occurred=false, adjudged=false — an in-house cross-state summary; the per-state statutes + citations are in itemListElement, each verifiable at its statute URL). It is NOT a personal deadline: the discovery rule, tolling (minors/disability/defendant absence), repose limits, government-defendant notice rules, and the exact sub-claim can make a real deadline shorter or longer — and missing a statute of limitations usually bars the claim permanently."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.casefleet.com/statutes-of-limitations"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a calculation, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (a transparent in-house formula, not an authority's verdict — no external adjudicator). Reproduce it from its named inputs; falsified if the formula or inputs are wrong. Lower warrant than the adjudged figures above."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/sol/claim/medical-malpractice/boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "This is not legal advice or a personal deadline"
text = "Which statute applies to a specific claim, and when the clock started, is fact-specific legal judgment. Anyone with a potential medical malpractice claim near a deadline should consult a licensed attorney or legal aid immediately rather than rely on this reference."
source = "Justice Atlas L5 boundary (statutory text ≠ a personal deadline)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not."

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "California"
Statutory_period = "3 years (1 yr after discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340.5"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Kentucky"
Statutory_period = "1 year (5-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(e)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Louisiana"
Statutory_period = "1 year (3-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "La. Rev. Stat. § 9:5628"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Ohio"
Statutory_period = "1 year"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.113"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Tennessee"
Statutory_period = "1 year"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Alaska"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "Alaska Stat. § 09.10.070"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Alabama"
Statutory_period = "2 years (6 mo. after discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "Ala. Code § 6-5-482"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Arkansas"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Ark. Code § 16-114-203"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Arizona"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "A.R.S. § 12-542"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Colorado"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-80-102.5"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Connecticut"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Delaware"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "18 Del. Code § 6856"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Florida"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "Fla. Stat. § 95.11(5)(c)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Georgia"
Statutory_period = "2 years (5-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Ga. Code § 9-3-71"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Hawaii"
Statutory_period = "2 years (6-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 6
Citation = "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7.3"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Iowa"
Statutory_period = "2 years (6-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 6
Citation = "Iowa Code § 614.1(9)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Idaho"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Idaho Code § 5-219(4)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Illinois"
Statutory_period = "2 years (4-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "735 ILCS 5/13-212"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Indiana"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Ind. Code § 34-18-7-1"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Kansas"
Statutory_period = "2 years (4-year repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513(a)(7)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Michigan"
Statutory_period = "2 years (or 6 months from discovery); max 6 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 6
Citation = "Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805; § 600.5838a"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Minnesota"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Minn. Stat. § 541.076"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Missouri"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.105"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Mississippi"
Statutory_period = "2 years; max 7 years (repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 7
Citation = "Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-36"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "North Dakota"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 6
Citation = "N.D. Cent. Code § 28-01-18(3)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Nebraska"
Statutory_period = "2 years (or 1 from discovery); max 10 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-222"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "New Jersey"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "N.J. Stat. § 2A:14-2"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "New York"
Statutory_period = "2.5 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 7
Citation = "N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214-a"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Oklahoma"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Okla. Stat. tit. 76 § 18"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Oregon"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(4)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Pennsylvania"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5524(2)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "South Dakota"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "S.D. Codified Laws § 15-2-14.1"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Texas"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.251"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Utah"
Statutory_period = "2 years from discovery"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 8
Citation = "Utah Code § 78B-3-404"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Virginia"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "Va. Code § 8.01-243(A) & (C)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "West Virginia"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 10
Citation = "W. Va. Code § 55-7B-4"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Wyoming"
Statutory_period = "2 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-107"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "District of Columbia"
Statutory_period = "3 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "D.C. Code § 12-301(a)(8)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Massachusetts"
Statutory_period = "3 years; max 7 years (repose)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 7
Citation = "Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, § 4"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Maine"
Statutory_period = "3 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 24 § 2902"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Montana"
Statutory_period = "3 years (within 5 from injury)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Mont. Code Ann. § 27-2-205"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "North Carolina"
Statutory_period = "3 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 4
Citation = "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-15(c)"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "New Hampshire"
Statutory_period = "3 years (with discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 508:4"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "New Mexico"
Statutory_period = "3 years"
Discovery_rule = "—"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "N.M. Stat. § 41-5-13"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Nevada"
Statutory_period = "3 years (or 2 from discovery); whichever first"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 3
Citation = "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 41A.097"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Rhode Island"
Statutory_period = "3 years"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = "—"
Citation = "R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-14.1"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "South Carolina"
Statutory_period = "3 years (max 6 from occurrence)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 6
Citation = "S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-545"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Vermont"
Statutory_period = "3 years (or 2 from discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 7
Citation = "12 V.S.A. § 521"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Washington"
Statutory_period = "3 years (or 1 from discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 8
Citation = "Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.350"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Wisconsin"
Statutory_period = "3 years (or 1 from discovery)"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Wis. Stat. § 893.55"
Warrant = "RECORDED"

[[state-deadlines]]
State = "Maryland"
Statutory_period = "5 years from injury or 3 years from discovery"
Discovery_rule = "yes"
Repose__yrs_ = 5
Citation = "Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-109"
Warrant = "RECORDED"
