For most personal injuries, Florida’s statute of limitations allows you to file a personal injury claim up to four years from the date of the accident. However, we encourage those who have been injured to take action immediately, especially if you’ve been in a car accident or a similar type of accident where your insurance requires you meet certain—often short—deadlines. For medical malpractice claims, you have up to two years from the time you discovered (or should have discovered) the injury to file a lawsuit, or up to four years from the date the medical malpractice occurred.