Tennessee Wrongful Death: Statute of Limitation

Subject to a couple of important exceptions, the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims in Tennessee is one year from the date of the injury causing event (not necessarily the date of death). The one-year statute of limitation applies to minors as well. Thus, regardless of whether the wrongful death beneficiary is a minor, or if the decedent was a minor, the statute of limitation is one year.  The potential exceptions to the one-year statute of limitation for wrongful death claims in Tennessee include (but is not limited to) the following: (1) death caused by a criminal act giving rise to criminal charges (TCA 28-3-104); (2) incompetency (TCA 29-26-209); (3) discovery rule; and (4) death caused by sexual assault. 

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