Generally, plaintiffs have a certain period of time from the time of the accident or discovery of the injury to file a personal injury claim. This period of time is known as the ‘statute of limitations’. According to Oklahoma Statutes Section 12-95, subdivision (A)(3), in most circumstances the statute of limitations is a period of up to two years from the time the plaintiff knew or should have known of the injury. In wrongful death cases, the personal representative of the decedent generally has up to two years from the time of the decedent’s death to bring a claim on behalf of his or her beneficiaries (see Oklahoma Statutes Section 12-1053).
As for medical malpractice claims, according to Oklahoma Statutes Section 76-18, plaintiffs generally have up to two years from the date of the injury or death to bring a medical malpractice claim.
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