When a child is injured because an adult was negligent in Boston, Massachusetts, the time limit (the statute of limitations) for taking legal action is different from the standard three-year statute of limitations on personal injury cases that involve adults.
A victim has until his or her 21st birthday to pursue a personal injury case arising from an injury that happened when the victim was a child. Massachusetts law presumes that a personal injury case should not be thrown out because of a failure to bring a claim while the victim was a child.
But don’t wait three years if your child has been injured because another adult was negligent. Speak to a Boston personal injury lawyer at once.