The general rule: four years, genuinely longer than most states
Under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-207, most personal injury and property damage claims must be filed within four years from the date of injury — a full year longer than the three-year deadline common in many other states.
Wrongful death: a genuinely shorter, separate rule
Wrongful death claims don't get the four-year window. They carry their own separate two-year deadline, running from the date of death.
Medical malpractice: a layered discovery rule
Medical malpractice claims generally carry a two-year deadline from the occurrence under § 25-222 — but if the injury wasn't discovered within those first two years, the claimant gets one additional year from discovery, capped at an absolute ten years from the date of the act.
Minors: a genuine wording trap worth knowing
Nebraska's tolling statute uses the phrase "within the age of twenty years" — which sounds like it means 20, but Nebraska courts have specifically construed it to mean until a person turns 21. See our full guide to Nebraska's discovery rule and tolling for this and a genuinely important carve-out involving product liability claims.