In Louisiana, the statute of limitations (also known as the prescriptive period) to file a lawsuit for car and truck accidents is one year from the date of the injury or damage sustained. This means that if a lawsuit is not properly filed within that period, the injured person’s claims are no longer valid.
To be clear, filing an insurance claim with a big truck’s insurance company following a wreck is NOT the same as filing a lawsuit. An insurance claim is the process of notifying the at-fault insurance company of the wreck and your damages and injuries and pursuing compensation for those injuries. Filing an insurance claim does not require filing a lawsuit if the claim can be resolved within that year period discussed above. Sometimes, if a claim cannot be resolved, a lawsuit must be filed to preserve and pursue our client’s claims.
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