The statute of limitations for suing a chiropractor for malpractice is three years, not the shortened two-and-a-half year period that applies to medical, dental and podiatric malpractice, a unanimous Appellate Division, First Department panel ruled Thursday.

Justice John Sweeny wrote the opinion in Perez v. Fitzgerald, 305261/09, joined by Justices David Friedman, Rolando Acosta and Sallie Manzanet-Daniels.