According to NJ law, a claimant has a window of 90 days to file a notice of tort claim and seek damages. In extraordinary circumstances, tort actions are allowed past the 90-day window but those are only in rare circumstances such as where the injured person was incapacitated during the first 90 days. However, the key words here are “extraordinary circumstances.” The best practice is to always file the claims notice within 90 days of the incident.