Kansas

8 years: K.S.A. § 60-515: if any person entitled to bring an action, other than for the recovery of real property or a penalty or a forfeiture, at the time the cause of action accrued or at any time during the period the statute of limitations is running, is less than 18 years of age, an incapacitated person or imprisoned for a term less than such person’s natural life, such person shall be entitled to bring such action within one year after the person’s disability is removed, except that no such action shall be commenced by or on behalf of any person under the disability more than eight years after the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action.

2 years: K.S.A. § 60-513(a)(7): An action arising out of the rendering of or failure to render professional services by a health care provider limited to 2 years. A cause of action arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render professional services by a health care provider shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of the occurrence of the act giving rise to the cause of action, unless the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party, but in no event shall such an action be commenced more than four years beyond the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action.

There are no limits or caps to the amount of economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, ect.) you can recover in a personal injury suit. On June 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Kansas in the case of Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., 309 Kan. 1127, 442 P.3d 509 (2019) held that K.S.A. 60-19a02, the statute that limited the amount of non-economic damages (pain & suffering, loss of consortium, ect.) you can recover in a personal injury suit was unconstitutional. Therefore, there is no longer a limit or cap on the amount of non-economic damages you can recover in a personal injury suit.

2 years: K.S.A. § 60-513: A cause of action arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render professional services by a health care provider shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of the occurrence of the act giving rise to the cause of action, unless the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, then the period of limitation shall not commence until the fact of injury becomes reasonably ascertainable to the injured party, but in no event shall such an action be commenced more than four years beyond the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action. “There is no reason why a wrongful death action based upon medical malpractice should be treated any differently than a medical malpractice action where the party survives.” Davidson v. Denning, 897 P.2d 1043 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995).

There are no limits or caps to the amount of economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, ect.) you can recover in a wrongful death suit. On June 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Kansas in the case of Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd., 309 Kan. 1127, 442 P.3d 509 (2019) held that K.S.A. 60-19a02, the statute that limited the amount of non-economic damages (pain & suffering, loss of consortium, ect.) you can recover in a wrongful death suit was unconstitutional. Therefore, there is no longer a limit or cap on the amount of non-economic damages you can recover in a wrongful death suit. Though not addressed in that decision, the Supreme Court’s holding in Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd. likely also invalidates the aggregate limit of damages in a wrongful death suit of $250,000 and costs under K.S.A. § 60-1903, thereby resulting in no limits or caps.