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After Pro-Publica released an article about the State of Louisiana's attempt to collect money from homeowners who were victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Commissioner of Administration stated that they want to reach a settlement which would allow the State to drop the suits that were filed against homeowners under the claim that it was used wrong. Read below for more information: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_e9671d76-e119-11ec-9a84-dbc290a26ae8.html
After the horrific storms Katrina and Rita in 2005, the State of Louisiana started the Road Home program to distribute money to homeowners whose homes were affected by the storms. However, now the State is suing them back under the guise that the funds were misused. Recently, Pro-Publica published an article that what has been happening to these victims: https://www.propublica.org/article/katrina-survivors-grant-money-lawsuits “The state is relying on people to not fight back,” said attorney Shermin Khan, who represents more than 50 homeowners. “They’re having their wealth stolen from them. Their only equity.”
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We are in unusual times with COVID-19 and have been subjected to a record number of hurricanes this year. As in all unprecedented times, an attorney must consider how prescriptive periods affect the cause of action for which a litigant is suing. One of the first lessons a new attorney generally learns is the importance of determining the prescriptive period of a cause of action. Filing a cause of action too late is fatal. This article aims to illustrate the differences between the applicable prescriptive period in Civil Code art. 3494 and Civil Code art. 3499 when there is a contractual aspect involved, which is sometimes the key to the case.
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