Similar to Virginia’s other rules governing slip and fall accidents, the rules pertaining to the statute of limitations are also complicated. There are three separate deadlines victims have to file their respective cases. In a standard slip and fall case, a victim has two years from the date of the accident to file their case in Virginia’s civil court system. If a victim experienced property damage during the fall, they then have five years to file that lawsuit. This takes place if the victim was holding something like a MP3 player and the fall caused them to drop it.