About
Accident Law Guide explains the rules that decide an accident claim in the United States: how long you have to file, how fault is shared, what a lawyer will charge and what to do in the first days after a crash. Every rule on this site is linked to the statute, court rule or agency page it comes from, so you can check it yourself.
Who writes it
I’m Pablo Hernández, and I write and maintain this site. I am not a lawyer, and this is not a law firm. I don’t represent anyone, take cases or sell leads to law firms. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship.
My background is technical writing: I also edit vpnandroid.net, a Spanish-language site about privacy, Android and PC hardware. That work taught me one habit that matters here: don’t repeat a number until you’ve found where it comes from.
Why the site exists
Search “statute of limitations by state” and almost every result is a law firm page. Many are accurate. Few link to the statute they summarize, and some are years out of date. Florida cut its negligence deadline from four years to two in 2023, and Louisiana doubled its deadline from one year to two in 2024. Pages that missed those changes are still ranking.
A wrong deadline can cost someone their whole claim. So this site does one thing differently: each row of every table is checked against the text of the law and links to it.
How the information is checked
- Each rule is read in the statute or court rule itself, on the official legislature site where possible, or on Cornell’s Legal Information Institute or Justia when the official site is not readable.
- Before publishing, every page goes through a second, independent check of each claim and each link. Its job is to find mistakes, not to approve.
- Each page shows the date it was last checked. Laws change; if you find one that has, tell me and I’ll correct it and note the change.
The full method, including how AI tools are used, is on the editorial policy page.
What this site can’t do
General rules have exceptions: minors, government defendants, medical malpractice, wrongful death, out-of-state crashes. A page can’t weigh the facts of your case. If you were hurt and a deadline is near, talk to a licensed attorney in your state. The disclaimer says this formally.