Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

As a general rule, the statute of limitations in an accident case is three years in New York. A statute of limitation is simply the time limit within which you need to file a case. It is an arbitrary time period that was created to place a limit on how long a person can wait before filing a claim. As a result, if the claim is not filed in time, there is no case. This time limit can be less depending on the defendant who is at fault, or the type of claim. For example, a claim against a City type defendant must be filed initially within 90 days. In any event, it seems based upon the information provided that too much time has elapsed. While the circumstances under which you signed the papers sounds wrong, it may very well be that too much time has passed to do anything further.