In General

• You have two years to file a bodily injury claim.car crash image by dawn from Fotolia.com
  
  A statute of limitations is a law that states how long you have after an event occurs to file a lawsuit. According to the Ohio Revised Code, Section 2305.10, (R.C. 2315.10), a person has two years from the time he is injured to file a lawsuit for bodily injury.
  
  

Medical Malpractice Claims

• You have one year to file a malpractice claim.doctor visiting image by TEMISTOCLE LUCARELLI from Fotolia.com
  
  If the claim for bodily injury involves medical, dental, optometric or chiropractic malpractice, the statute of limitations is shorter. According to R.C. 2305.113(A), you have one year from the date of injury to bring a claim. However, if you send written notice of your claim to the doctor, you get 180 days from when the notice is received to file a lawsuit.
  
  

Tolling

• Tolling stops the clock from running.clock image by sveta from Fotolia.com
  
  According to R.C. 2305.16, if a person is under 18-years-old or has been found by a court to be of unsound mind, she is considered disabled and the statute of limitations is tolled. Tolling stops the clock running and gives the person the benefit of a complete statute of limitations period after the disability is removed.