Serious Impairment

Michigan Personal Injury Statute of Limitations: 2026 Window, No-Fault Threshold, and Common Pitfalls

Michigan's general personal-injury statute of limitations is three years under MCL 600.5805. The traps: a one-year SOL on PIP benefits under MCL 500.3145, the no-fault serious-impairment threshold under MCL 500.3135, a 120-day notice for highway-defect claims, a 60-day Court of Claims notice, a 182-day medmal NOI, and a six-year medmal repose. Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E Oil (2023) narrowed the open-and-obvious doctrine.