Personal injury · Vermont
For Personal injury · Vermont, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury; section is § 512; how the statute describes it is injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Vermont verified
- Limitation period
- three years verified
- How the statute describes it
- injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person verified
- When the clock starts
- the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury verified
- Section
- § 512 verified
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What the source says
§ 512. Assault and battery; false imprisonment; slander and libel; injuries to person or property Actions for the following causes shall be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues, and not after: (1) assault and battery; (2) false imprisonment; (3) slander and libel; (4) except as otherwise provided in this chapter, injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person, provided that the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury;
— legislature.vermont.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- legislature.vermont.govhttp://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512