For certain legal claims, a person only has two years to file a lawsuit. This includes claims for things like lying about someone (libel or slander), physical attacks (assault or battery), wrongful imprisonment, or malicious prosecution. Workers who were not paid minimum wage or overtime also have two years to file a claim from the time the problem happened.
516.140. What s within two years. — Within two years: an action for , , , , , , , or actions brought under section 290.140. An action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid or by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation, and for the recovery of any amount under and by virtue of the of the of 1938 and amendments , such act being an act of Congress, shall be brought within two years after the .
(RSMo 1939 § 1016, A.L. 1945 p. 644, A.L. 1976 S.B. 470, A.L. 1985 H.B. 225, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 864; 1919 § 1319; 1909 § 1891
Action for on pay back from to personal representation to cover and due , 461.300
(1994) Where was made during FBI investigation, began to after , when business began to decline. Only then did learn of false statement and begin to suffer loss of business. Statute of limitations for slander begins to run, not when defamatory statement was made, but when are . Thurston v. Ballinger, 884 S.W.2d 22 (Mo. App. W.D.).
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