If a plaintiff has suffered some physical or mental incapacities that keep them from responding within the standard two year statute of limitations, the statute may be extended to accommodate. For example, if a man and his wife are involved in a car accident and the man dies but the wife goes into a coma for three years, her statute of limitations would likely be extended due to the fact that she was mentally or physically incapacitated and was unable to pursue a wrongful death claim on behalf of her husband.