The below chart is a rough guide line for statutes of limitations in New Jersey.
Contracts : 6 years
Conversion of an instrument for money : 3 years
Fraud : 6 years
Product Liability : 2 years from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the complaint
2 years from the date the injury was or reasonably should have been discovered.
Foreign judgments : 20 years (unless period in origination jurisdiction is less)
Defamation : 1 year
Injury to personal property : 6 years
Intentional Torts : 1 year
Judgments : 20 years (renewable)
Libel : 1 year
Medical malpractice : 2 years from date of act giving rise to injury
Minors : begins on 21st birthday
Negligence causing personal injury : 2 years from time of discovery
Open Accounts : 6 years
Oral Agreements : 6 years
Personal Injury : 2 years from date of injury
Slander : 1 year
Written Contracts : 6 years
Wrongful Death : 2 years from date of death
