{"id":14705,"date":"2018-02-25T23:41:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T23:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14705"},"modified":"2018-02-26T00:43:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T00:43:18","slug":"accrual-of-cause-of-action-a-cause-of-action-generally-accrues-at-the-time-of-the-injury-not-at-the-time-the-damage-is-discovered","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=14705","title":{"rendered":"accrual of cause of action – a cause of action generally accrues at the time of the injury, not at the time the damage is discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

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accrual of cause of action<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The event whereby a<\/span> cause of action<\/a> becomes complete so that the aggrieved party can begin and maintain his<\/span> cause of action<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A cause may accrue at the moment of the wrong, default, or delict by the defendant and the injury<\/a> to the plaintiff, although the actual damage resulting therefrom may not be discovered until some time afterward, if the injury<\/a>, however slight, is complete at the time of the act. Eising v Andrews<\/em>, 66 Conn 58, 1 Am J2d Actions \u00a7 88<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As a general proposition, a<\/span> cause of action<\/a> accrues the moment it comes into existence. 34 Am J1st Lim Ac \u00a7 113<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The point in time when a<\/span>\u00a0 cause of action<\/a> becomes complete so that the aggrieved party can file a lawsuit.\u00a0 Generally, a<\/span> cause of action<\/a> accrues at the moment the wrong occurs.<\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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