Wisconsin Civil Lawsuit Statue of Limitations Archives

“Personal Injury Civil Law Statutes of limitations” are laws put in place that set time limit restrictions on how much time you have to file a civil lawsuit for a personal injury claim. Statue of Limitations laws very from state to state. For example, in some states you may have 4 years to file a claim for a personal injury lawsuit, but in another state you may only have 2 years to file a personal injury claim after you’ve been hurt in a car accident.

Below are the statutes of limitations in Wisconsin for various civil claims. The list of the laws may change or be updated at any time, so be sure to check the current laws in place, thoroughly review them over, or talk to a Milwaukee personal injury attorney if you have any questions.

Wisconsin Civil Lawsuit Statue of Limitations

Most of the civil law statutes of limitations are in Chapter 893 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

Description	Statute
Assault / Battery, 2 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.57
Contract (in-writing), 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.43
Contract (oral or not in writing), 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.43
False Imprisonment, 2 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.57
Fraud, 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.93(1)(b)
Enforcing Court Judgments, 6 or 20 years (Depending on thecourt that entered the judgment)	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.40and 893.42
Legal Malpractice, 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.53
Libel, 2 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.57
Medical Malpractice, 3 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.55(1m)(a)
Personal Injury, 3 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.54(1)
Product Liability, 3 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.54(1)
Property Damage, 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.52
Slander, 2 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.57
Trespass, 6 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.52
Wrongful Death, 3 years	Wis. Stat. Ann. § 893.54(2)