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PFAS in Water: What to Check in Louisiana

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01 · Your filing deadline

What is the deadline in Louisiana?

Louisiana's prescriptive period (statute of limitations) for personal injury claims is 2 years for injuries after July 1, 2024 and 1 year for earlier injuries (La. Civ. Code art. 3493.1), and the contra non valentem doctrine can delay when it starts. 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.

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.

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A lawyer can check which filing rules apply to your circumstances.

02 · Where cases are heard

Where would my case be heard?

Louisiana has PFAS contamination from Barksdale AFB in Bossier City and the Louisiana Air National Guard bases, as well as from the state's extensive petrochemical industrial corridor along the Mississippi River. The 'Cancer Alley' industrial corridor includes facilities that have historically discharged PFAS and other chemicals into the Mississippi River and surrounding communities.

Louisiana delictual action (personal injury) claims have a prescriptive period of 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. Federal PFAS claims proceed in MDL 2873 (D.S.C.). Barksdale AFB in Bossier City has documented PFAS contamination. Industrial PFAS sources in the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans compound exposure concerns for Louisiana communities.

How this works nationally

For the overall process and updates, read the PFAS in Water: What to Check overview. This page covers the local information available for Louisiana.

What happens when I check?

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