There are some significant differences between motor vehicle accident cases involving adults and minors. First, the statute of limitations for minor's doesn't even begin to start running until the minors eighteenth birthday. In other words, if the adult statute of limitations is two years, a minor would have until their twentieth birthday to file a lawsuit. Next, minors who suffer very significant or catastrophic injuries in a motor vehicle accident will need a longer time period for the doctors to determine the full extent of the injuries. A young child who suffers a brain injury may or may not recover, and it could take years before the doctors know how the child will be impacted by the injury.
Finally, since most children don't suffer a loss in income, the case damages will focus more on the non-economic loss. An experienced trial lawyer can help you to understand these and other differences involved in a minor's motor vehicle accident case.
