{"meta":{"dataset":"limitations","title":"Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage","version":"1.1.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23743673","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721435","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage, version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage (Version 1.1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are the periods as each statute states them, read in the official code on the date shown. Tolling, discovery rules, notice-of-claim deadlines for claims against a government, minors' rules and other exceptions can shorten or lengthen the time to file, and statutes change. Check the statute and ask a lawyer licensed in the state before relying on a deadline.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/limitations/jurisdictions/TN.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/statute-of-limitations-by-state/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"TN","records":[{"id":"limitations-tn-pi","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","claimType":"pi","claimTypeName":"Personal injury","status":"S","sourceType":"court opinion quoting the statute","court":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Eastern Section, Knoxville)","case":"Vernon Mott v. K. Jeffrey Luethke, Esq., et al., No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV","decided":"2021-03-16","text":"Tennessee, personal injury: one year, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A), as quoted in Tennessee Court of Appeals (Eastern Section, Knoxville), Vernon Mott v. K. Jeffrey Luethke, Esq., et al., No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV (2021-03-16). Secondary: a court opinion quoting the statute, read 2026-10-28.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one year","statuteCite":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A)","officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/vernon_mot_v._k_jeffrey_luethke_esq._et_al..pdf","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"browser","uReason":null,"quote":"“[T]he following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: . . . injuries to the person . . . .”","sources":[{"label":"Tennessee Court of Appeals, Mott v. Luethke (2021), quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/vernon_mot_v._k_jeffrey_luethke_esq._et_al..pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"“[T]he following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: . . . injuries to the person . . . .”","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Eastern Section, Knoxville)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/vernon_mot_v._k_jeffrey_luethke_esq._et_al..pdf","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"court opinion of 2021-03-16, read 2026-10-28","table":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"One year from when the cause of action accrues; in a car-crash case the court counted from the date of the accident (the opinion is read at tncourts.gov; the state's code itself is on LexisNexis, which could not be read here).","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"secondary, non-official source"},{"id":"limitations-tn-medmal","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","claimType":"medmal","claimTypeName":"Medical malpractice","status":"S","sourceType":"court opinion quoting the statute","court":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Middle Section, Nashville)","case":"Dennis Owen v. Kenneth A. Grinspun et al., No. M2021-00681-COA-R3-CV","decided":"2022-05-25","text":"Tennessee, medical malpractice: one year, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a), as quoted in Tennessee Court of Appeals (Middle Section, Nashville), Dennis Owen v. Kenneth A. Grinspun et al., No. M2021-00681-COA-R3-CV (2022-05-25). Secondary: a court opinion quoting the statute, read 2026-10-28.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one year","statuteCite":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a)","officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/dennis.owen_.opn_.pdf","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"browser","uReason":null,"quote":"See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a) (providing a one-year statute of limitations for health care liability claims)","sources":[{"label":"Tennessee Court of Appeals, Owen v. Grinspun (2022), citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/dennis.owen_.opn_.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a) (providing a one-year statute of limitations for health care liability claims)","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Middle Section, Nashville)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/dennis.owen_.opn_.pdf","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"court opinion of 2022-05-25, read 2026-10-28","table":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"One year after the claim accrues (extended 120 days if pre-suit notice is given under § 29-26-121); the opinion paraphrases the statute rather than quoting it word for word.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"secondary, non-official source"},{"id":"limitations-tn-wd","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","claimType":"wd","claimTypeName":"Wrongful death","status":"S","sourceType":"court opinion quoting the statute","court":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section, Jackson)","case":"O'Rane M. Cornish, Sr. v. Bennie G. Nunn (Cornish v. Caldwell), No. W2008-00600-COA-R3-CV","decided":"2009-02-19","text":"Tennessee, wrongful death: one year, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104, as quoted in Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section, Jackson), O'Rane M. Cornish, Sr. v. Bennie G. Nunn (Cornish v. Caldwell), No. W2008-00600-COA-R3-CV (2009-02-19). Secondary: a court opinion quoting the statute, read 2026-10-28. The court applied the general period; the statute's words do not name this claim type.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one year","statuteCite":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104","officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/CornishORaneMopn.pdf","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"general","readBy":"browser","uReason":null,"quote":"This is an action for wrongful death and loss of consortium. The trial court dismissed the action upon determining it was filed beyond the one-year statutory limitations period.","sources":[{"label":"Tennessee Court of Appeals, Cornish v. Caldwell (2009), applying Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104 to a wrongful death action","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/CornishORaneMopn.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"This is an action for wrongful death and loss of consortium. The trial court dismissed the action upon determining it was filed beyond the one-year statutory limitations period.","supports":"period"},{"label":"Tennessee Court of Appeals, Cornish v. Caldwell (2009), applying Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104 to a wrongful death action","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/CornishORaneMopn.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Mr. Caldwell asserted Mr. Cornish’s action was barred by the one-year statute of limitations provided by Tennessee Code Annotated § 28-3-104","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section, Jackson)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/CornishORaneMopn.pdf","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"court opinion of 2009-02-19, read 2026-10-28","table":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Tennessee treats a wrongful death action as subject to the one-year personal-injury period of § 28-3-104; the court counted one year from the accident and death. This is an older (2009) opinion and it names the section only in the defendant's argument; no newer Tennessee appellate opinion stating this was found.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"secondary, non-official source"},{"id":"limitations-tn-product","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","claimType":"product","claimTypeName":"Product liability","status":"S","sourceType":"court opinion quoting the statute","court":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit","case":"Cahio v. Drexel Chemical Co., No. 21-5036 (unpublished)","decided":"2022-05-27","text":"Tennessee, product liability: one year, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A), (b)(1), as quoted in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cahio v. Drexel Chemical Co., No. 21-5036 (unpublished) (2022-05-27). Secondary: a court opinion quoting the statute, read 2026-10-28. The court applied the general period; the statute's words do not name this claim type.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one year","statuteCite":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A), (b)(1)","officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036/pdf/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036-0.pdf","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"general","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"the district court properly dismissed the TPLA claims as barred by the one-year Tennessee statute of limitations. That statute explicitly provides that a product-liability claim accrues at the time of injury. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(b)(1).","sources":[{"label":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cahio v. Drexel Chemical Co. (2022, applying Tennessee law), on Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036/pdf/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036-0.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the district court properly dismissed the TPLA claims as barred by the one-year Tennessee statute of limitations. That statute explicitly provides that a product-liability claim accrues at the time of injury. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(b)(1).","supports":"period"},{"label":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cahio v. Drexel Chemical Co. (2022, applying Tennessee law), on Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036/pdf/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036-0.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"In addition to setting a one-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions, Tennessee Code Annotated § 28-3-104 also states that causes of action for products-liability cases","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036/pdf/USCOURTS-ca6-21-05036-0.pdf","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"court opinion of 2022-05-27, read 2026-10-28","table":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1)(A), (b)(1)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Product-liability claims for personal injury run one year from the date of injury under the personal-injury statute (§ 28-3-104 names products-liability cases in subsection (b)(1)); this is a federal court applying Tennessee law, and the 6-year/10-year outer limits of § 29-28-103 also apply.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"secondary, non-official source"},{"id":"limitations-tn-property","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","claimType":"property","claimTypeName":"Property damage","status":"S","sourceType":"court opinion quoting the statute","court":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section)","case":"KMI Group, Inc., et al. v. Wade Acres, LLC, et al., No. W2018-00301-COA-R3-CV","decided":"2019-04-05","text":"Tennessee, property damage: three years, under Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105, as quoted in Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section), KMI Group, Inc., et al. v. Wade Acres, LLC, et al., No. W2018-00301-COA-R3-CV (2019-04-05). Secondary: a court opinion quoting the statute, read 2026-10-28.","value":3,"unit":"years","years":3,"period":"three years","statuteCite":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105","officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/kmigroupopn.pdf","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"browser","uReason":null,"quote":"A nuisance claim, because it is an action for an injury to personal or real property, is governed by a three year statute of limitations. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105.","sources":[{"label":"Tennessee Court of Appeals, KMI Group, Inc. v. Wade Acres, LLC (2019), citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/kmigroupopn.pdf","kind":"secondary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A nuisance claim, because it is an action for an injury to personal or real property, is governed by a three year statute of limitations. Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105.","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section)","url":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/kmigroupopn.pdf","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"court opinion of 2019-04-05, read 2026-10-28","table":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Three years for injury to personal or real property; the opinion states this for a nuisance claim over flood damage to land, and says the clock can restart for a temporary nuisance.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"secondary, non-official source"}]}