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Nursing Home Abuse: Get Help and Check the Care in Louisiana
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01 · Your filing deadline
What is the deadline in Louisiana?
Louisiana's personal injury SOL (prescriptive period) is 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries (La. C.C. art. 3493.1); claims treated as medical malpractice have a separate deadline (La. R.S. 9:5628). Wrongful death and survival claims: 1 year from the death or 2 years from the injury, whichever is longer; medical malpractice deaths: 1 year from the death (La. Civ. Code arts. 2315.1, 2315.2, as amended by Acts 2025, No. 176, eff. Aug. 1, 2025). Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. 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.
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 general tort SOL (prescriptive period) is 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries (La. C.C. art. 3493.1); claims treated as medical malpractice have a separate deadline (La. R.S. 9:5628). Louisiana's elder protection law (La. R.S. 14:93.3) and Nursing Home Residents' Bill of Rights (La. R.S. 40:2010.8) provide the civil framework. Louisiana uses modified comparative fault (no recovery at 51% or more fault) for injuries on or after January 1, 2026, and pure comparative fault for earlier injuries (La. Civ. Code art. 2323). Louisiana has approximately 270 nursing facilities.
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University Medical Center New Orleans — Level I Trauma
How this works nationally
For the overall process and updates, read the Nursing Home Abuse: Get Help and Check the Care overview. This page covers the local information available for Louisiana.
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