I live in canada and my mother was involved in fatal car crash 20 years ago. . she was a passenger in car which left highway and landed in water bother died, we had option to sue but did not. . we were very young and did not know exactly what it meant and were under stress and extreme grief.can we contact lawyer and explain this and maybe have some monies awarded to us? Ty

You can contact a lawyer, but most likely you will have been told the statue of limitations has passed on your right to sue.

You can talk with a lawyer, but I am pretty sure that the SOL was 6 years back then.

But it doesn't hurt to make an appointment with a lawyer. He won't charge you for the initial consultation and if he tells you that the SOL has indeed expired, unfortunately there is not much you can do.

As mentioned, while in death normally there is no time limit on criminal charges, on civil damages there are time limits, and 20 years is well past any limit I know of.

But a talk to an attorney can not hurt