Personal injury · Massachusetts
For Personal injury · Massachusetts, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is next after the cause of action accrues; section is Section 2A; how the statute describes it is actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Massachusetts verified
- Limitation period
- three years verified
- How the statute describes it
- actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin verified
- When the clock starts
- next after the cause of action accrues verified
- Section
- Section 2A verified
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What the source says
Section 2A: Tort, contract to recover for personal injuries, and replevin actions Section 2A. Except as otherwise provided, actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.
— malegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- malegislature.govhttps://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section2A