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KANSAS Statute of Limitations Personal Injury
The following actions shall be brought within two years:
(4) An action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein enumerated. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513
Statute of Repose - (b)(1) In claims that involve harm caused more than 10 years after time of delivery, a presumption arises that the harm was caused after the useful safe life had expired. This presumption may only be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-3303
2 Years The following actions shall be brought within two years:
Tort cause of action for injuries sustained by family as result of long-term exposure to carbon monoxide from house heating system did not accrue until family suffered substantial ascertainable injury, which could not have occurred before family moved into residence in 1981, even though all work on heating system was completed in 1977, and ten-year limitation on extension of two-year limitation when injury is not immediately ascertainable accordingly did not bar prosecution of action filed in 1987. Gilger v. Lee Const., Inc., 249 Kan. 307 (1991).
(a) The following actions shall be brought within two years:
(5) An action for wrongful death. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513
(7) An action arising out of the rendering of or failure to render professional services by a health care provider, not arising on contract. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513
The cause of action accrues until the act giving rise to the cause of action first causes subtantial injury, or if the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the intial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injruy becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party. Id. § 60-513(b).
Under Kansas law, limitations period for personal injury action commences when fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to injured party, not when injured party has knowledge of fact of injury. Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 181 F.Supp.2d 1256 (10th Cir. 2002).
Secretary who developed repetitive stress injuries did not file negligence and products liability action against keyboard manufacturers within Kansas' two-year statute of limitations; though she may not have become aware of the possibility that defendants' negligence could have caused her injuries until as late as the year she filed suit, she knew five years earlier that injuries were associated with excessive typing on defendants' keyboards, and statute of limitations commenced running at that time. Benne v. International Business Machines Corp., 87 F.3d 419 ( 10th Cir. 1996).
(3) An action for relief on the ground of fraud, but the cause of action shall not be deemed to have accrued until the fraud is discovered. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513
Fraud cause of action accrues at time of actual discovery or when, with reasonable diligence, fraud could have been discovered. Cline v. Southern Star Cent. Gas Pipeline, Inc., 356 F.Supp.2d 1203 (D. Kansas 2005). Mere supsicion not sufficient, injured party needs actual or constructive knowledge. Kansas Wastewater v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc. 257 F. Supp. 2d 1344 (D. Kansas 2003).
SOL runs from when injury is, or should have been discovered BUT IN NO EVENT MORE THAN 10 YEARS FROM ACT CAUSING THE INJURY.
1 year from removal of disabilities, maximum 8 years from injury. Infants (18th birthday).
Clear and convincing evidence of willful or wanton conduct must be presented. Numerous rules apply to amount of punitive damages which may be awarded. For medical malpractice, specific rules apply to amount permitted and half of punitive damages collected are to be paid to health care stabilization fund. Caps: None
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