New Jersey law requires that a claim for personal injuries - such as a slip and fall - must be filed within two years of the date of accident. If you are under 18 at the time of the accident, you are allowed to file at any time until you turn 20 years old. If however, your accident was the fault of a governmental entity - such as a fall on town property - your attorney must file specialized forms putting that governmental entity on notice of the accident within 90 days of the accident.