New Jersey Personal Injury Law
- Malpractice occurs when a health care provider, through a wrongful, omitted or negligent act provided as a medical service, causes injury or death to a patient. The statute of limitations for malpractice in New Jersey is two years from the date of injury or two years from the date the patient should have known about the injury.
- Wrongful death claims in New Jersey apply to a death that occurs as the result of an individual's wrongful acts. The remedy allows for a monetary award that includes consideration for mental anguish and loss of companionship. The statute of limitations is two years, unless the death was caused by a murder, manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter and the defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity, was convicted or was adjudicated delinquent. There is no statute of limitations in those cases.
- Damage to real property, houses, land and structures attached to the land, or to personal property such as livestock or jewelry, has a statute of limitations of six years. Property damage in New Jersey may take the form of trespass on real property, or the taking or detaining of personal property.