Personal injury · West Virginia
For Personal injury · West Virginia, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued; how the statute describes it is if it be for damages for personal injuries, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- West Virginia verified
- Limitation period
- two years verified
- How the statute describes it
- if it be for damages for personal injuries verified
- When the clock starts
- next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Every personal action for which no limitation is otherwise prescribed shall be brought: (a) Within two years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued, if it be for damage to property; (b) within two years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued if it be for damages for personal injuries;
— code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- code.wvlegislature.govhttps://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-2-12/