Usufruct
Article 2315

Liability for acts causing damages ACTIVE

A. Every act whatever of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it.

B. Damages may include loss of consortium, service, and society, and shall be recoverable by the same respective categories of persons who would have had a cause of action for wrongful death of an injured person. 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. Damages shall include any sales taxes paid by the owner on the repair or replacement of the property damaged.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1884, No. 71
  • amendment Acts 1908, No. 120, §1
  • amendment Acts 1918, No. 159, §1
  • amendment Acts 1932, No. 159, §1
  • amendment Acts 1948, No. 333, §1
  • amendment Acts 1960, No. 30, §1
  • amendment Acts 1982, No. 202, §1
  • amendment Acts 1984, No. 397, §1
  • amendment Acts 1986, No. 211, §1
  • amendment Acts 1999, No. 989, §1, eff. July 9, 1999
  • amendment Acts 2001, No. 478, §1

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@misc{lacivcode-art-2315,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 2315},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/2315},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}