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Claims for harm from asbestos in Louisiana
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in Louisiana?
Louisiana Civil Code art. 3493.1 provides a prescriptive period (statute of limitations) for personal injury claims of 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries. Louisiana uses the discovery rule for latent asbestos diseases from date of mesothelioma diagnosis. A lawyer can confirm yours.
2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024; 1 year for earlier injuries (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1). Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can tell you.
Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. 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's statute of limitations (prescriptive period) for mesothelioma claims is 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1). Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can tell you. Louisiana's massive petrochemical industrial corridor along the Mississippi River (the 'Chemical Corridor' between Baton Rouge and New Orleans) created among the highest industrial asbestos exposures in the country.
Medical facilities in Louisiana
Tulane University School of Medicine — Tulane Cancer Center
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center — Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the Claims for harm from asbestos overview. This page covers the local information available for Louisiana.
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