# Shreveport Dog Bite Lawyer: Who Pays and What to Do After a Bite

## First steps after a dog bite

Get the wound looked at the same day, even when the bite looks small. Dog teeth leave puncture wounds that carry bacteria deep under the skin, and bites to a child's face or hands can scar if they aren't cleaned and closed right. A doctor can also decide whether you need antibiotics, a tetanus booster or rabies shots, and that decision can't wait a week.

In Shreveport, the emergency department at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center is a Level I trauma center, the place for severe or deep wounds. Willis-Knighton Medical Center and CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center also run emergency rooms, and an urgent care visit works for a smaller bite. Whatever you choose, keep every piece of paper they hand you.

That visit does double duty. Under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances, any doctor, hospital or clinic in Caddo Parish that treats an animal bite must notify Caddo Parish Animal Services.  For the dog to stay impounded, a medical doctor has to verify the bite or scratch, and proof of that visit must be given to Caddo Parish Animal Services.  So ask for a copy of the doctor's note before you leave.

Report the bite yourself, even if the owner says they will. The place to call is Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control at (318) 226-6624, or in person at 1500 Monty Street in Shreveport. If the bite happened inside the city, the City of Shreveport points residents to that same parish agency for stray, dangerous and uncontrollable animals. If the dog is still running loose, call the police so an officer can get there first.

Once you report to the police, the sheriff, the Caddo-Shreveport Health Unit or parish animal services, animal control must seize the dog and hold it 10 days.  If no owner can be found, the dog is held four days and then put down so it can be tested for rabies.  The dog's owner has a separate duty under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances to notify Caddo Parish Animal Services after a bite.  Owners don't always do it, which is why your own call matters.

The owner does get some say in where the dog waits out the quarantine. An owner may confine a currently vaccinated dog at a veterinary hospital in Caddo Parish instead, but must do it within 12 hours and tell animal control which hospital.  Home observation needs the director's approval, a registered and vaccinated dog, and your signed written agreement, which protects the parish from liability but does not release the owner.  Read that agreement before you sign, and know you can say no.

The owner is supposed to pick the dog up as soon as the quarantine ends, and on the twelfth day an unclaimed dog becomes the property of Caddo Parish Animal Services.  Ask the agency for the quarantine record and the vaccination status when it's done; both go into your claim file.

Photos and paper are the rest of the job. Photograph the wounds the day it happens and again every week or two as they heal, because scarring shows up over months, not days. Bag the torn or bloody clothing, and take pictures of the yard, the fence, the gate or the leash where it happened. Get the owner's name, address and insurance company if they'll share it, plus names and numbers for anyone who saw the bite.

Write down what the dog looks like, its name if you heard it, and anything a neighbor says about it biting before. Under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances, dogs must be kept confined and not allowed to run loose, with exceptions only for search and rescue, legal hunting and herding livestock.  A photo of a broken gate or a dog roaming the street speaks to that rule later.

Most people also want to know what happens to the dog. If animal control classifies the dog as dangerous, the owner must keep it indoors or in a locked, secure pen, and an invisible or electronic fence doesn't count.  A dangerous dog can leave the property only muzzled, on a leash no longer than four feet, and handled by someone 18 or older.  The owner must tell animal control right away if a dangerous dog gets loose, bites a person, attacks another animal, is sold, dies or moves. 

If the owner doesn't appeal the label and then breaks a restriction, the dog can be seized, becomes animal services property and is disposed of as the director decides.  A dog classified as vicious is impounded, held for rabies quarantine or 10 days after the owner is notified, then euthanized unless the owner appeals within those 10 days.  A dog isn't classified as vicious if the bitten person was trespassing to commit a crime or tormenting the dog, or the dog was protecting its owner or young.  Those same facts, provocation and trespass, come up again when the insurer decides whether to pay.

## Responsibility for a Shreveport dog bite

With the bite treated and reported, the next question is who pays. Louisiana makes the dog's owner responsible for a bite only when the owner could have prevented it and you didn't provoke the dog.  In most cases the owner's homeowner's or renter's insurance pays the medical bills and other losses, so you're usually not taking money from a neighbor.

Lawyers call this [strict liability](/resources/dog-bites/who-is-liable-when-a-dog-bites-you-in-louisiana/), meaning you show the owner could have prevented the bite and that you did not provoke the dog, not that the owner was careless.  Whether the owner has insurance is not one of those conditions.  For other animals, Louisiana makes you prove the owner knew of the danger and failed to use reasonable care; that extra step doesn't apply to dogs.  You may have heard of a one bite rule that gives an owner a free pass the first time, and Louisiana doesn't follow it. 

Being responsible and actually paying are two different things. Most dog owners can't cover an emergency room bill out of pocket, but a homeowner's or renter's policy often carries liability coverage for injuries the policyholder causes. Whether a specific policy covers your bite depends on its wording, since some carriers exclude certain breeds or dogs that have bitten before. Finding the policy is one of the first things we do, because a claim against a neighbor with no coverage is hard to collect.

Who counts as the owner is broader than you might think. Under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances, a dog's owner includes anyone who keeps it, harbors it or lets it stay on their property, not only the person who bought it.  That matters when a relative's dog bites while staying at a Caddo Parish home, or a roommate's dog bites at a rental in someone else's name. When the bite happened at a rental, we also look at what [the landlord knew and controlled](/louisiana/premises-liability-lawyer/), since that is a separate question.

Showing the owner could have prevented the bite is easier than it sounds, because Shreveport writes down what owners must do. Under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances, no one may let a dog they have or keep at their place run loose on unenclosed land or go onto someone else's land.  A dog that slips a broken fence, roams the sidewalk off leash, or is left alone with a toddler is the kind of harm an owner could have prevented.

Animal control's label for the dog also matters to the insurer. Under the Shreveport Code of Ordinances, an unprovoked dog is dangerous if it bites or menaces someone in public, or bites a visitor allowed on the owner's property.  A dog is vicious if it caused severe injuries or death, broke the rules after being labeled dangerous, or can't safely live around people, and breed alone never counts. 

A dangerous or vicious finding is a public record of the dog's history, and it carries weight with an adjuster who is deciding whether to pay. We request that file from Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control before we send the insurer anything.

## Provocation and shared fault

Knowing who is responsible leads straight to how the insurer will try to shift blame onto you, and it has two tools: provocation and shared fault. Provocation comes first. A dog owner is not strictly liable for an injury that happened because the injured person provoked the dog.  If the insurer can show you hit, cornered or teased the dog, the owner's automatic responsibility goes away.

Provocation means something you did to set the dog off, not being near it. Walking past a yard, ringing a doorbell, reaching to pet a calm-looking dog, or a toddler stumbling toward a dog are the facts insurers stretch to call provocation. The details of those few seconds matter, including how old you or your child was and what the dog had done before.

If animal control labeled the dog dangerous after your bite, we pull that file early, because the agency looked at the same question you'll be asked.

Shared fault is the second tool, and it works by percentage. [Comparative fault](/resources/comparative-fault/) divides blame by percentage, and damages means the money paid for your losses.  Below 51 percent, your damages drop by your share; [at 51 percent or more](/resources/comparative-fault/comparative-fault/), you collect nothing.  Write down exactly where you stood and what you were doing in the seconds before the bite, because the insurer will use those details to argue you share blame.

Insurers raise provocation often, because saying it costs them nothing. Saying it and proving it are different things. We interview the neighbors and any witnesses, get the Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control report, and look for the dog's history before the adjuster settles on a story. Facts like a prior complaint, a beware-of-dog sign, or a chain that had been broken for weeks change the conversation.

## Losses a dog bite claim can cover

Once fault is settled, the next question is what the claim can pay for. In Louisiana, a person whose fault causes harm to someone else must make up for that harm.  Future medical costs count only if they are tied directly to a clear, real injury or illness of the body or mind. 

[Economic losses](/resources/catastrophic-injuries/economic-vs-non-economic-damages-in-claims/) are costs you can show with a bill, starting with the emergency room or urgent care visit, rabies shots if the dog cannot be found, and antibiotics. Deep bites can need surgery to fix muscle or tendon, and bites to the face often need scar repair later, sometimes more than once. Counseling for a child who now panics around dogs, or for an adult with nightmares, is a medical cost like any other. Lost pay counts too, including days you missed for treatment and time you could not work while the wound healed.

Non-economic losses are the harms no receipt can show. Pain and suffering means the physical pain of the bite and the healing, and mental anguish means the fear, worry, and lost sleep that follow it. [Disfigurement](/louisiana/catastrophic-injury-lawyer/disfigurement/) is its own category, meaning a visible scar or change to how you look, and it counts for more when the scar is on a face or hand. Loss of enjoyment covers the things you stopped doing, such as a child who will not go to the park or an adult who gave up a daily walk.

The bigger risk is settling before you know the full picture. [Scar repair](/resources/catastrophic-injuries/costs-of-disfigurement/) often waits months, and for a child it may wait years until growth stops, so an early offer can leave it out. Before any demand goes out, we ask the treating surgeon for a written opinion on future care, so the number covers the whole injury.

Keep every bill and a short log of the work days you missed. Also keep each explanation of benefits statement, which is the notice from your health insurer showing what it paid for each visit and what you owe. Those pages turn a general claim into a specific one.

## Deadline to file a dog bite claim

Knowing what the claim covers means little if it's filed too late. In Louisiana, a lawsuit over a dog bite must generally be [filed within two years](/resources/laws-and-legislation/statute-of-limitations/) of the day the bite happened.  Talking with the insurer does not pause that clock. 

Lawyers call this window the prescriptive period, the time the law gives you to sue before the claim is gone for good.  The clock stops only when you file suit in a court that has authority over the case and sits in the proper location.  A claim number, an adjuster's promise to call back, or months of friendly emails do none of that. The deadline runs against minors too; the only exception for children covers permanent-disability claims under product-liability law. 

For a bite in Shreveport, that filing happens at the Caddo Parish Courthouse, where the [First Judicial District Court](/resources/legal-process/stages/caddo-vs-bossier-filing-guide/) (1st JDC) hears civil cases from across Caddo Parish. Smaller claims can go to Shreveport City Court instead. We calendar the deadline from the first call and file in the 1st JDC with room to spare if the insurer hasn't paid by then.

Waiting hurts for a second reason that has nothing to do with the court. Doorbell camera footage gets overwritten, the neighbor who saw it moves, and the dog's quarantine file gets harder to pull as months pass. The deadline can feel far away until months have passed and the scar still has not settled.

## Dog bite claims for children

Many people reading this are parents, and a child's claim works differently in a few ways that matter. An unemancipated child, meaning one still under a parent's legal authority, cannot sue alone, so the parents or the child's tutor, a court-appointed guardian, bring the claim.  Everyone with parental authority over the child must join the suit unless a joint custody order says otherwise, and if the child has a tutor, the tutor sues.  If you are divorced or separated, bring the custody order to the first meeting so the lawyer can see who needs to sign.

The filing deadline covered above runs on a child's claim the same way it runs on yours. In Louisiana, the clock on a lawsuit keeps running while your child is a minor unless a specific law creates an exception.  Write down the date of the bite and keep it with the papers from the doctor and animal services.

Settlements for children also go through a judge. If a settlement pays a child, the court can order it held by the court, put in an approved investment or trust, or paid over time in a structured settlement.  A judge may order the money paid into the court registry, an account the court holds for the child, with withdrawals allowed only with the court's approval.  This adds a court date, but it protects the child, and the lawyer handles the paperwork.

Future costs carry more weight in a child's case. Small children stand at face height with most dogs, so bites to the cheek, lip, and scalp are common. Scar repair on a growing face is often done in stages, and counseling for a child who now fears the neighbor's dog also has a cost. We ask the treating doctor to put the expected future care in writing before anyone talks numbers.

## Talking to a Shreveport dog bite lawyer

With the rules and the deadline laid out, the last step is getting help, and the first conversation is shorter than most people expect. We'll ask what happened, where it happened, who owns the dog, what treatment you've had, and whether anyone from an insurance company has called. You don't need a polished file; what you have on your phone is a fine start.

If you can, have these ready: photos of the wounds, your discharge papers and bills, and the case number from Caddo Parish Animal Services and Mosquito Control. Add the owner's name, address and insurer if you got them, names and numbers for witnesses, and the custody order if the person bitten is your child. If you're missing half of it, say so; we request records from the hospital and animal services as a matter of routine.

From there the work is ours. We send letters to preserve evidence, such as a neighbor's doorbell footage and the animal services file, in the first days, before anything gets erased. We identify every policy that might apply, including homeowner's, renter's and umbrella coverage, meaning a separate policy that pays once a home or auto policy's limits run out. We also get the treating doctor's written view on future care. Then we put a demand to the insurer, and if the insurer won't pay what the claim is worth, we file suit in the 1st JDC before the deadline.

You'll see our fee agreement in writing before you decide anything.

[Our Shreveport office](/louisiana/personal-injury-lawyer/shreveport/) is at 509 Milam St, and we sit down with people from Highland, Broadmoor, Southern Hills and Cedar Grove, and from Bossier City, Blanchard and Keithville. If getting to the office isn't practical, the first conversation works by phone. A call or a message from your phone is enough to start.

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Sources:
1. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-32 -- "Any doctor, hospital, clinic, or other medical facility within the parish that examines and or treats an animal bite of any nature must notify the CPAS." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-32ANWHBISCPE
2. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-32 -- "In order for an animal to remain impounded, the victim must have the bite or scratch verified by a licensed medical doctor. Proof of the visit must be provided to the CPAS." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-32ANWHBISCPE
3. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-32 -- "If any person shall report to the police department, sheriff's office, Caddo-Shreveport Health Unit or the parish animal services and mosquito control department that a dog or cat has bitten or scratched him or any other person, the director shall seize the animal and confine it for a ten-day observation period in the rabies observation cages maintained on the premises of the department of animal services shelter. If the owner of the dog or cat having bitten or scratched a person cannot be determined, the animal will be observed for four days, at which time the dog or cat will be euthanized and its head submitted to the laboratory for testing for rabies." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-32ANWHBISCPE
4. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-16 -- "Owners of animals that bite an individual are responsible for notifying CPAS." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV2OWDERE_S14-16OWRE
5. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-32 -- "An owner may choose to confine his cat or dog within a veterinary hospital, if the animal is current on its rabies vaccines and the owner provides proof of vaccination to the director. When an owner chooses to confine his dog or cat within a veterinary hospital, the owner shall have 12 hours from the time of the bite or scratch to do so. The animal must be confined in Caddo parish. The owner shall advise the director in which veterinary hospital the dog or cat will be confined in and shall advise the veterinarian that the dog or cat is to be placed under observation for biting or scratching. If the dog or cat is not confined within 12 hours, the director may issue a citation to the owner or the dog or cat shall be apprehended and confined by the department." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-32ANWHBISCPE
6. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-32 -- "Home confinement for observation of a dog or cat involved in a bite or scratch may be allowed, at the discretion of the director, if the following conditions are met:
(a)
The dog or cat is currently registered and vaccinated with an approved rabies vaccine.
(b)
The owner was in compliance with the applicable leash or confinement and restraint requirements of this chapter at the time of the bite.
(c)
The confinement and conditions thereof have specific approval of the bitten or scratched party, or his proper legal representative, as evidenced by a signed, written agreement, which agreement shall hold the director and the parish harmless for any loss or damage whatsoever which may result from the allowance of such confinement." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-32ANWHBISCPE
7. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-33 -- "The owner shall also be responsible for redeeming their animal as soon as the quarantine period is over. On the twelfth day, the animal becomes the property of CPAS." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-33REDOCAIMOBFE
8. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-16 -- "All dogs, except any dog that is being trained for, or being used for the common and accepted practices associated with search and rescue and the legal hunting of game, including birds and animals, and the herding of livestock, shall be kept from running at-large and must be confined." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV2OWDERE_S14-16OWRE
9. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "A dangerous dog must be securely confined indoors or in a securely fenced enclosure and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the dog from coming into contact with either a human being other than the owner or any other animal, and designed to prevent the animal from escaping. The pen or structure must have minimum dimensions of six feet by eight feet or an enclosure not less than 48 square feet. Such pen shall have secure sides of sufficient design to prevent the dog from escaping over, under, or through the structure. The enclosures shall provide a humane existence for the dog and protection from the elements. The pen shall meet all of the requirements of a dog pen. The enclosures must be physical in nature, not invisible or electronic." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
10. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "A dangerous dog may be off the owner's premises or out of its enclosure only if it is muzzled and restrained by a substantial chain or leash not exceeding four feet in length and under the control of an adult (person who has attained the age of 18 years). The muzzle must be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration, but must prevent it from biting any person or animal." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
11. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "The owner shall immediately notify the animal control center when a dangerous dog:
(a)
Is loose or unconfined;
(b)
Has bitten a human being or attacked another animal;
(c)
Was sold, given away, or died; or
(d)
Has moved to another address." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
12. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "If the owner fails to appeal the classification, all restrictions concerning the dangerous dog must be adhered to. Failure to abide by the restrictions will result in the seizure of the dog. Upon seizure, the dog will become property of animal services and disposed of as deemed appropriate by the director." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
13. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "Any dog that has been classified as "vicious" shall be impounded by the animal control center. The animal will be kept at the animal control center and placed in rabies quarantine, if necessary, for the proper length of time, or held for ten days after the owner's receipt of notification, and then shall be euthanized unless the owner initiates an appeal procedure within this ten-day period." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
14. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 -- "A dog will not be classified as "vicious" if the threat, injury or damage was sustained by a person who, at the time, was unlawfully on the property with the intent to commit a crime or tort upon the premises occupied by the owner of the dog, or was tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog or if the dog was defending or protecting its owner from unjustified attack or assault, or was protecting or defending its young or other animals from harm or attack." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-34DAVIDO
15. La. C.C. art. 2321 -- "Nonetheless, the owner of a dog is strictly liable for damages for injuries to persons or property caused by the dog and which the owner could have prevented and which did not result from the injured person's provocation of the dog." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109384
16. La. Civ. Code art. 2321 -- "Nonetheless, the owner of a dog is strictly liable for damages for injuries to persons or property caused by the dog and which the owner could have prevented and which did not result from the injured person's provocation of the dog." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109384
17. La. C.C. art. 2321 -- "the owner of a dog is strictly liable for damages for injuries to persons or property caused by the dog" https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109384
18. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-2 -- "Owner means any person who has a right of property in an animal, or who keeps an animal in his care, harbors an animal, acts as custodian for an animal, or who permits an animal to remain on or about his premises, with the exception of community cats and community cat caregivers, for purposes of this article." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV1GEPR_S14-2DE
19. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-36 -- "No person shall suffer or permit any dog in his possession, or kept by him about his premises, to run at large on any unenclosed land, or trespass upon any enclosed or unenclosed lands of another." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV3ANCO_S14-36RGDOMUSUOTAR
20. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-2 -- "Dangerous dog means any dog that when unprovoked, shall be deemed a dangerous dog if it:
(1)
Bites, injures, or inflicts a bite on a human being or domestic animal either upon public property or those areas of private property that are unfenced and normally accessible to the public.
(2)
Chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks or public grounds in a terrorizing or menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack.
(3)
Bites or injures animals or persons authorized to enter upon the owner's premises such as letter carriers, meter readers, trash collectors, repair persons, delivery persons or business customers provided that the persons authorized to enter upon the owner's premises shall not include unauthorized intruders such as burglars or trespassers in the owner's business, house or apartment or within a fenced area on the premises not normally accessible to the public. The director and/or his agents shall make all determinations that a dog is a dangerous dog." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV1GEPR_S14-2DE
21. Shreveport Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-2 -- "Vicious dog means a dog which has:
(1)
Attacked and caused severe and gross injuries or death to a human being.
(2)
Previously been classified as "dangerous" and subsequent thereto a violation of section 14-34(1) occurs.
(3)
Has previously been classified as "dangerous" and is found to be at large two or more times.
(4)
A dog which has exhibited behavior which enables the director or the animal advisory board to reasonably conclude that the animal may not safely coexist with people.
No dog shall be deemed vicious simply by its breed." https://library.municode.com/la/shreveport/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14ANFO_ARTIANGE_DIV1GEPR_S14-2DE
22. La. C.C. art. 2321 -- "B. Nonetheless, the owner of a dog is strictly liable for damages for injuries to persons or property caused by the dog and which the owner could have prevented and which did not result from the injured person's provocation of the dog." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109384
23. La. Civ. Code art. 2323 -- "If the degree or percentage of negligence attributable to the person suffering injury, death, or loss is equal to or greater than fifty-one percent, then the person suffering injury, death, or loss shall not be entitled to recover damages." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109387
24. La. C.C. art. 2315 -- "Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109369
25. La. C.C. art. 2315 -- "Damages do not include costs for future medical treatment, services, surveillance, or procedures of any kind unless such treatment, services, surveillance, or procedures are directly related to a manifest physical or mental injury or disease." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109369
26. La. C.C. art. 3493.1; Acts 2024, No. 423 -- "Art. 3493.1. Delictual actions Delictual actions are subject to a liberative prescription of two years. This prescription commences to run from the day that injury or damage is sustained." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443
27. La. C.C. art. 3462 -- "Unless otherwise expressly provided by legislation, prescription is interrupted when the owner commences action against the possessor, or when the obligee commences action against the obligor, in a court of competent jurisdiction and venue." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110485
28. La. C.C. art. 3493.1 -- "Delictual actions are subject to a liberative prescription of two years." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1386443
29. La. Civ. Code arts. 3468 and 3493.1 -- "Prescription runs against absent persons and incompetents, including minors and interdicts, unless exception is established by legislation." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110491
30. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 683 -- "An unemancipated minor has no procedural capacity to sue." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112209
31. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 683 -- "All persons having parental authority over an unemancipated minor must join as proper plaintiffs to sue to enforce a right of the minor, unless a joint custody implementation order otherwise applies." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112209
32. La. C.C. art. 3468 -- "Prescription runs against absent persons and incompetents, including minors and interdicts, unless exception is established by legislation." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110491
33. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4521 -- "In approving any proposal by which a minor is to be paid funds as the result of a judgment or settlement, the court may order:" https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112955
34. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4521 -- "That the funds be paid directly into the registry of the court for the minor's
account, to be withdrawn only upon approval of the court." https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112955
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