As an attorney, I will tell you the case of a lawsuit time is of the essence. For every type of claim you can file in court, there is a Statute of Lmitations, aka SOL - a codified period period of time after which a court will no longer recognize your claim.
The SOL generally starts either when the claim arises or when you “discover” that you have a claim. For California there are a number of standard SOL’s:
- Breach of Written Contract - 4 years
- Breach of Oral Contract - 2 years
- Fraud - 3 years
- Personal Injury - 2 years
This means that for these types of cases, you have a limited time in which to get your matter before the court. There are some exceptions to this rule and for different matters different SOL’s apply. SO when you come to a lawyer for a matter, it is always important to discuss the dates that things happened as well as when you learned about them.. we would hate for you to end up SOL.
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