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What is the deadline for repose: products liability twelve-year limit?
Repose: products liability twelve-year limit is governed by Fla. Stat. s. 95.031(2)(b). This page does not calculate a date. Cannot be reduced faithfully to one period. Read the rule text and the noted conditions before relying on any date.
Read why no date is calculated- Period
- 12 years
- Trigger
- Delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of selling or leasing …
- Rule
- Fla. Stat. s. 95.031(2)(b)
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Why this page does not calculate a date
Cannot be reduced faithfully to one period. Twelve years is the default because all products are conclusively presumed to have an expected useful life of 10 years or less, but s. 95.031(2)(b)1. exempts commercial aircraft, vessels over 100 gross tons, commercial …
Read Florida Rules of Court Procedure… years or less, if the harm was caused by exposure to or use of the product more than 12 years after delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee ...
Fla. Stat. s. 95.031(2)(b)
Which date starts the 12 years period?
The period runs from the delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of selling or leasing ….
Count forward from the trigger event. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.
Read Florida Rules of Court Procedure… years or less, if the harm was caused by exposure to or use of the product more than 12 years after delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee ...
Fla. Stat. s. 95.031(2)(b)
This period runs from the specific event in the cited rule. Do not substitute a nearby date such as a hearing, a courtesy copy or the day you first learned of it.
Which date do I enter?How are the 12 years counted?
- Exclude the day of the trigger event.
- Count every following day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
- If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or Florida legal holiday, continue to the next day that is not one of those.
Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a).
If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the Florida calendar, the computation rule carries it to the next open day.
Florida computes time under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a). The applied calendar bundles the state legal holidays for the covered years; court-specific closures and emergency orders are not bundled.
Read Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a)The calculation gives the ordinary national-rule date. Check relevant holidays, the court’s accessibility and its filing cutoff separately.
Review the filing checklistWhy no worked calculation is shown
No date is calculated on this page because the encoded provision could not be reduced to one fixed period. Read the rule text, the starting event and the noted branches, then confirm the period in the current rules before relying on any date.
Cannot be reduced faithfully to one period. Twelve years is the default because all products are conclusively presumed to have an expected useful life of 10 years or less, but s. 95.031(2)(b)1. exempts commercial aircraft, vessels over 100 gross tons, commercial …
Can an order, motion or extension change the deadline?
- Extensions
- Tolled under s. 95.031(2)(d) for any period during which the manufacturer had actual knowledge of the defect and took affirmative …
- Orders and local rules
- A scheduling order, stipulation approved by the court, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- Tolled under s. 95.031(2)(d) for any period during which the manufacturer had actual knowledge of the defect and took affirmative ….
- A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- Cannot be reduced faithfully to one period. Twelve years is the default because all products are conclusively presumed to have an expected useful life of 10 years or less, but s. 95.031(2)(b)1. exempts commercial aircraft, vessels over 100 gross tons, commercial ….
What should I check before filing?
These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.
Common questions
Find answers about when this 12 years period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.
Starting the clock
Does the clock start on the delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of selling or leasing …, or when I first learned of it?
The period runs from the delivery of the product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of selling or leasing … as the rule defines it, not from the day you read about it, received a courtesy copy or attended a hearing. Use the date shown on the docket or in the service record.
Counting days and filing
Which time zone and filing cutoff apply?
Florida filing rules and the court’s electronic filing system set the cutoff. This calculator does not verify filing hours or system availability.
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a)What if the court is inaccessible on the last day?
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a) and the court’s administrative orders govern an inaccessible clerk’s office. Check the court’s notices. This calculator does not predict a closure.
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a)Extensions and local rules
Can the court extend this deadline?
Tolled under s. 95.031(2)(d) for any period during which the manufacturer had actual knowledge of the defect and took affirmative … A request does not itself extend the period, and no discretionary extension is calculated here.
Do local rules, standing orders or a scheduling order change the date?
They can. Many courts set their own periods by local rule, standing order or case-specific order, and those control over the national default. This calculator gives the national-rule date only; compare it with any order in the case before relying on it.
Choosing the right calculator
Does this calculator decide whether the rule applies to my case?
No. It calculates a period from the date you provide under the cited rule. It does not decide whether the rule governs your filing, whether an exception applies, or whether the filing has merit. Those questions need separate review.
Can I calculate the deadline without an account?
Yes. Enter the trigger date to see the free national-rule calculation, citation, counting steps and warnings. You can add court context after the result. Missing court review keeps the result provisional.
Results, records and your case
What is included in an Evidence Record?
The retained inputs, result, cited rule, calculation working, warnings and review state. The PDF includes a payload digest and retained-data appendix, and the record can be verified against its fingerprint later. It records the calculation, not a guarantee of legal correctness.
Does saving to a case activate the calendar?
Not automatically. Provisional records remain subject to review. A separately labeled manual date does not alter the original calculation.
Official sources and review
The period and the counting method come from different provisions. The official source is the court’s published rules; the reading links open the rule text at the Legal Information Institute.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Fla. Stat. s. 95.031(2)(b) | Trigger and period |
| Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.090(a) | Counting, holidays and the last day |
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