Louisiana · AFFF firefighting foam claims: what to check
AFFF firefighting foam claims: what to check in Louisiana
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in Louisiana?
Louisiana's prescriptive period for personal injury (delictual) actions is 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1). The discovery rule (contra non valentem doctrine) applies to latent toxic exposure injuries. Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can confirm yours.
A lawyer can tell you.
Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.
02 · Where cases are heard
Where would my case be heard?
Louisiana has PFAS contamination at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Fort Polk near Leesville, and multiple petrochemical and industrial facilities along the Mississippi River corridor. Louisiana's extensive petrochemical industry has created additional PFAS exposure pathways beyond military AFFF use.
Medical facilities in Louisiana
LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the AFFF firefighting foam claims: what to check overview. This page covers the local information available for Louisiana.
What happens when I check?
You answer a few short questions about what happened. If you send them, your answers are kept on file. If a participating law firm takes these cases, it may contact you. People's Justice is not a law firm.
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