| State |
Personal Injury Statute of Limitations |
| Alabama |
2 years |
| Alaska |
2 years |
| Arizona |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Arkansas |
3 years (libel, wrongful death), 2 years med malpractice; 1 year slander |
| California |
2 years for intentional torts; 1 year for slander, libel |
| Colorado |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Connecticut |
2 years |
| Delaware |
2 years |
| Dist of Columbia |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Florida |
4 years; 2 years medical malpractice, label/slander |
| Georgia |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Hawaii |
2 years |
| Idaho |
2 years |
| Illinois |
2 years; 1 year defamation |
| Indiana |
2 years |
| Iowa |
2 years |
| Kansas |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Kentucky |
1 year |
| Louisiana |
1 year |
| Maine |
6 years; 2 years libel/slander |
| Maryland |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Massachusetts |
3 years |
| Michigan |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Minnesota |
2 years |
| Mississippi |
3 years; 2 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
| Missouri |
5 years; 2 years libel/slander; 2 years malpractice |
| Montana |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander |
| Nebraska |
4 years; 1 year libel/slander; 2 years malpractice |
| Nevada |
2 years |
| New Hampshire |
3 years |
| New Jersey |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| New Mexico |
3 years |
| New York |
3 years; 2.5 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
| N. Carolina |
3 yearsl 1 year libel/slander; 2 years wrongful death |
| N. Dakota |
6 years; 2 years in wrongful death, libel/slander |
| Ohio |
2 years |
| Oklahoma |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Oregon |
2 years for medical malpractice; 2 years for personal injury; 1 year libel/slander |
| Pennsylvania |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Rhode Island |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| S. Carolina |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander |
| S. Dakota |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander, medical malpractice |
| Tennessee |
1 year; 6 months libel/slander |
| Texas |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Utah |
4 years; 2 years wrongful death; 1 year libel/slander |
| Vermont |
3 years |
| Virginia |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| Washington |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
| West Virginia |
2 years |
| Wisconsin |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander |
| Wyoming |
4 years; 1 year liable/slander |
Not every citizen who live in United States (USA) understands the importance of having a lawyer when injured .Some like to keep their personal injuries personal .They think that a personal injury has to be dealt alone with and do not have to bring in public. 
