Statute of limitations from a premises liability/personal injury compared to strict negligent tort that resulted disabilty

I fell down a flight of stairs at my complex and currently have 104000 in med bills and a women approached me and said a yr prior she fell down the same stairs. Cause; debris, leaves, acorns, sticks, sap (when wet is slippery) the difference though is as I was walking downstairs a crack and I woke up at the bottom. The next morning the owner and adjuster denied me the ability to take pics. This owner received complaints and even requests of non slip products be put on steps, nothing. He has had knowledge of hazard. I need help because my prior attorney only wanted to put down 20gs for the rest of my burden.regarding the statutes isn't there two other ways to interpret the those words, 1. Look at each word and the possible meanings each word can claim, next 2. The incident occurred 10/10/11 but manifested into a favorable decision of disabled on the 22nd day of April, 14. These are termed as extensions to the statutes. Especially finding out months post fall that it claimed a lady a ago