Tennessee Law

Tennessee Personal Injury Statute of Limitations: 2026 Window, One-Year SOL Trap, and Common Pitfalls

Tennessee's general personal-injury statute of limitations is one year under Tenn. Code Ann. 28-3-104, among the shortest in the nation. Tennessee applies a modified comparative-fault rule with a 50% bar adopted in McIntyre v. Balentine. The Governmental Tort Liability Act sets a one-year SOL for local government claims.