The time you have to file a car accident lawsuit in Oklahoma depends on who caused the crash. Wrecks involving a city, state or federal vehicle follow separate and more complicated rules, while crashes with a regular driver or a business typically carry a two-year deadline. Missing that deadline can leave your case forever barred.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have to file a car accident lawsuit in Oklahoma?
There’s a couple of different rules on that. It depends on who hits you. If you’re hit by a governmental entity, it’s typically a year. So, if you’re hit by a city truck or a state truck or a federal truck, there are a lot of different rules for that. It’s very complicated when you get that.
Those are called governmental tort claims acts. And there are a lot of hoops that you have to jump through. There are notice requirements and it’s complicated. It’s even complicated for lawyers, frankly. It just is.
But if you’re hit by somebody else, just a regular civilian, it’s typically two years. If you’re hit by a business, it’s two years. And you have to either settle your case or file the lawsuit before that two-year anniversary.
And if you don’t do that, then your case is forever barred. The statute of limitations is what’s called blown. Some lawyers do that, which is bad.
Talk to a Tulsa car accident lawyer about your case
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This post is for general information and isn’t legal advice.
