More Time, Fewer Problems: Louisiana’s Shift to a Two-Year Prescriptive Period

Historically, Louisiana had maintained one of the country’s shortest statutes of limitation (known in the Bayou State as “prescriptive periods): for tort claims. Prior to recent legislative changes, Article 3492 of the Louisiana Civil Code governed the time period in which a “delictual action” – an action that is considered to be tortious or causing harm to someone’s rights or property – may be filed in Louisiana….
By: Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP