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How long do I have to sue over personal injury in Illinois?

Answered for: Illinois

Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages for an injury to the person, or for false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution, or for a statutory penalty, or for abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal conversation ... shall be commenced within 2 years next after the cause of action accrued

In Illinois you have 2 years to sue over personal injury. When that clock starts, and whether anything can pause it, are separate questions this entry does not answer.

This answer is true in Illinois and nowhere else on this site. Another jurisdiction is another answer, or an honest gap: see what has been read for Illinois.

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