The three-year filing deadline under N.C. Gen. Stat. ยง 1-52(16) is fixed, but the practical deadline is much shorter: the sooner Lyft's trip data and the DMV-349 report are secured, the harder it is for an insurer to argue about which policy applies. If you were hurt in a rideshare crash in North Carolina, contact our personal injury team for a free case review. There's no fee unless we recover money for you.