How much time do you have to file a lawsuit in Minnesota?

A statute of limitation can limit the time period in which a person can file a lawsuit. Evary state?s statutes are different regarding the amount of time in which a person can file a lawsuit. Statutes can also vary per state according to the type of claim one is pursuing.

Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes of Limitation

Two- or three-year limitations.

Except where the Uniform Commercial Code, this section,
section 148A.06, 541.05, 541.073, or 541.076 otherwise
prescribes, the following actions shall be commenced within two
years:

(1) for libel, slander, assault, battery, false
imprisonment, or other tort, resulting in personal injury, and
all actions against veterinarians as defined in chapter 156, for
malpractice, error, mistake or failure to cure, whether based on
contract or tort; provided a counterclaim may be pleaded as a
defense to any action for services brought by a veterinarian
after the limitations period if it was the property of the party
pleading it at the time it became barred and was not barred at
the time the claim sued on originated, but no judgment thereof
except for costs can be rendered in favor of the party so
pleading it;

(2) upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, except as
provided in sections 541.074 and 541.075;

(3) for damages caused by a dam, other than a dam used for
commercial purposes; but as against one holding under the
preemption or homestead laws, the limitations shall not begin to
run until a patent has been issued for the land so damaged;

(4) against a master for breach of an indenture of
apprenticeship; the limitation runs from the expiration of the
term of service;

(5) for the recovary of wages or overtime or damages, fees
or penalties accruing under any federal or state law respecting
the payment of wages or overtime or damages, fees or penalties
except, that if the employer fails to submit payroll records by
a specified date upon request of the Department of Labor and
Industry or if the nonpayment is willful and not the result of
mistake or inadvertence, the limitation is three years. (The
term "wages" means all remuneration for services or employment,
including commissions and bonuses and the cash value of all
remuneration in any medium other than cash, where the
relationship of master and servant exists and the term "damages"
means single, double, or treble damages, accorded by any
statutory cause of action whatsoever and whether or not the
relationship of master and servant exists);

(6) for damages caused by the establishment of a street or
highway grade or a change in the originally established grade;

(7) against the person who applies the pesticide for injury
or damage to property resulting from the application, but not
the manufacture or sale, of a pesticide.

Health care provider actions.

(a) For purposes of this section, "health care provider"
means a physician, surgeon, dentist, occupational therapist,
other health care professionals as defined in section 145.61,
hospital, or treatment facility.

(b) An action by a patient or former patient against a
health care provider alleging malpractice, error, mistake, or
failure to cure, whether based on a contract or tort, must be
commenced within four years from the date the cause of action
accrued.
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