Legal Question in Personal Injury in Pennsylvania

IS THE TERM "STATUTE OF LIMITATION" to bring a lawsuit against another person for injuries, etc. there to enable the person injured the time to bring a lawsuit or for an attorney to decide when he will start acting on your behalf to work on your case?


Asked on 1/12/11, 8:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Richard Senker Senker Law Office

Neither. Statutes of limitations were enacted to force people to file their lawsuit "promptly" b/c the longer you wait, the more difficult it is to get the evidence you'll need to prove your case--the evidence becomes "stale".

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Answered on 1/17/11, 12:13 pm


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