SLS 24RS-127 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 20
BY SENATOR SEABAUGH
EVIDENCE. Provides for evidence in personal injury claims. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Civil Code Art. 2315.12, relative to the presumption of causation of injuries; to
3 prohibit a presumption of causation in certain circumstances; to provide for
4 prospective application; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Civil Code Art. 2315.12 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 Art. 2315.12. Presumption of causation of injuries
8 In a claim for personal injury damages that is not raised pursuant to the
9 Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law, the lack of a prior history of an illness
10 or injury shall not create a presumption that an illness or injury was caused by
11 the act that is the subject of the claim.
12 Section 2. This provisions of this Act shall have prospective application only and
13 shall not apply to causes of action filed prior to the effective date of this Act.
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SLS 24RS-127 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Hanna Gettys.
DIGEST
SB 20 Original 2024 Regular Session Seabaugh
Proposed law provides that in a claim for personal injury damages that is not raised pursuant
to the LWC law, the lack of a prior history of an illness or injury shall not create a
presumption that an illness or injury was caused by the act that is the subject of the claim.
Proposed law shall have prospective application only and shall not apply to causes of action
filed prior to the effective date of proposed law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds C.C. Art. 2315.12)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.