No person who has been injured or damaged as a result of a nuclear incident shall be precluded from bringing a suit against the person or persons responsible for causing the nuclear incident if such suit is instituted within three years after the date on which the injured person first knew, or reasonably could have known, of his or her injury or damage and the cause thereof; except that such suit must be brought within forty years after the date of the nuclear incident.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2535, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 43-6-510 as it existed prior to 1994.