Cite as: 12 CNCA § 18

If any action is commenced within due time, and a judgment thereon for the plaintiff is reversed, or if the plaintiff fails in such action otherwise than upon the merits, the plaintiff, or, if he should die, and the cause of action survive, his representatives may commence a new action within two (2) years after the reversal or failure although the time limit for commencing the action shall have expired before the new action is filed.

Historical Data

LA 16–16, eff. April 21, 2016. Amended LA 07–18, eff. May 18, 2018.