1998 Miss deadline and suit is out the window Statutes often limit your right to sue. Almost every claim becomes barred by time at some point. Injury claims, for example, are usually good for three years. Contract claims last longer.
Some limitations relate to specific statutes.
You can't ignore limitations because the world's best case won't go anywhere if it's filed too late. In November 1990, Socorro Morales and her two small children died in a fire in a Las Cruces home. The blaze started in a defective fireplace flue. The home didn't have a smoke detector. The personal representative of the estates of Socorro and her children sued for wrongful death.