Most lawsuits (not ones about land) have a time limit for when they can be filed. That time limit does not start when something goes wrong — it starts when a person actually suffers damage AND can figure out that damage happened. If there are multiple damages, the clock starts after the last one.
516.100. prescribed. — , other than those for the recovery of , can only be within the periods prescribed in the following sections, after the shall have ; provided, that for the purposes of sections 516.100 to 516.370, the shall not be to when the wrong is done or the of contract or duty occurs, but when the damage resulting therefrom is and is , and, if more than one item of damage, then the last item, so that all resulting damage may be recovered, and full and complete obtained.
(RSMo 1939 § 1012)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 860; 1919 § 1315; 1909 § 1887
(1972) In suit against abstract company the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue and shall commence to only from the time when the damage resulting therefrom is sustained and is capable of ascertainment. Thorne v. Johnson (A.), 483 S.W.2d 658.
(1976) Held, begins to run when determined that rate charged was improper, not when improper charges were made. DePaul Hospital v. Southwestern Bell Telephone (A.), 539 S.W.2d 542.
(1984) 's ignorance of his cause of action for legal prevented the statute of limitations from running where that ignorance was totally caused by the s of his attorney in failing to dismiss a suit and allowing a to be entered against his client on a without notifying the client. Anderson v. Griffin, Dysart, Taylor, Penner (Mo.App.), 684 S.W.2d 858.
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Related Missouri laws
Surveys of land error or omissions
RSMo 516.098
No tolling by filing of administrative actions, certain suits
RSMo 516.103
Tort action against architects, engineers or builders of defective improvement to real property must be brought within ten years of completion of improvement, exceptions
RSMo 516.097
Action for breach of covenant restricting land use, barred, when
RSMo 516.095
Actions against health care and mental health providers (medical malpractice)
RSMo 516.105
Statute not to extend to certain lands
RSMo 516.090
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