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Accident help in Houma, LA

Houma's roads center on US-90 and LA-24, the bayou-country routes that carry oilfield service trucks and commuters across Terrebonne Parish's low, water-crossed terrain. Injury claims here are filed in the 32nd Judicial District Court, and Louisiana law gives you two years to bring a case. If you've been hurt, we can match you with an independent, licensed Louisiana attorney familiar with Terrebonne Parish.

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Accidents in and around Houma

There's no interstate here. US-90 runs across the top of Houma, LA-24 threads down through town toward Bourg, and the rest of Terrebonne Parish is bayou roads, drawbridges, and a tunnel under the Intracoastal — which is a polite way of saying that when one of them closes, there often isn't another way around it. Oilfield crews and boat traffic keep these roads working at odd hours. A crash here goes to the 32nd Judicial District Court, in Houma. Louisiana generally gives you two years to file, as of July 1, 2024. Before that, one year. A hurricane season doesn't quietly add time to that. Ask an attorney before you assume it did.
County
Terrebonne Parish
Major corridors
US-90 · LA-24
Local courts
32nd Judicial District Court (Terrebonne Parish)
Areas we cover in Houma

Bayou Cane · Gray · Schriever · Bourg · Chauvin

Your deadline

2 years

'Prescriptive period' 2 years as of 2024-07-01 (was 1 year — a major recent change). Uses civil-law terminology.

How fault works

Pure comparative negligence (civil-law 'delictual' actions)

Accident types we help with in Houma

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Frequently asked questions

Where do I get a crash report in Houma?

Houma Police work crashes inside the city and the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office covers everything outside it, which out here is a lot of road. Louisiana State Police often handles US-90. The paperwork from the scene carries the agency name and the report number, and every request you make from that point forward is built around exactly those two pieces of information. Ask for a copy in writing.

Which court would handle my injury case in Houma?

The 32nd Judicial District Court, which covers Terrebonne Parish and sits right here in Houma. Injury suits in Louisiana are delictual actions — the civil-law term for what other states call a tort — and one from a Terrebonne crash generally goes to the 32nd, while a wreck up LA-24 toward Thibodaux is in Lafourche Parish and a different district. An attorney checks the line.

What happens to a claim when a storm shuts the roads?

Deadlines come from the statute, not the weather, and you shouldn't assume a storm pushed yours back — that's a question for an attorney, and it's worth asking rather than guessing. After Ida, this parish learned how long signals, signs, and shoulders can stay wrong once the water goes down. Photograph everything. The road you're describing may not look like that in a month.

How long do I have to file an injury claim in Louisiana?

In Louisiana, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 'Prescriptive period' 2 years as of 2024-07-01 (was 1 year — a major recent change). Uses civil-law terminology. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.

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