LEGAL-INJURY RULE

legal-injury rule.The doctrine that the statute of limitations on a claim does not begin to run until the claimant has sustained some legally actionable damage. • Under this rule, the limitations period is tolled until the plaintiff has actually been injured. — Also termed damage rule. [Cases: Limitation of Actions  43. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions §§ 81–84.]

[Blacks Law 8th]