Washington

Product Liability:Three (3) years from when claim accrues.

Personal Injury (Caused by Negligence):Three (3) years from when claim accrues.

Statute of Repose:A rebuttable presumption that the harm was caused after the useful safe life of a product had expired will exist if the harm was caused more than twelve (12) years after the time of delivery of the product to the first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of either selling such products or using them as component parts of another product to be sold.

Accrual Rule:Statute begins to run when the injured party discovers, or through reasonable diligence and intelligence should have discovered, the facts that form the basis of a cause of action. In most cases, this is the injury and a causal link. (Discovery Rule Based)