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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 52 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Campo v. Correa.

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1 Campo v. Correa Anchor
la · 2002
green “prescription commences when a plaintiff obtains actual or constructive knowledge of facts indicating to a reasonable person that he or she is the victim of a tort.” 13
2 Campo v. Correa
la · 2002
green “constructive knowledge is whatever notice is enough to excite attention and put the injured party on guard and call for inquiry.” 12
3 Campo v. Correa
la · 2002
green “whatever notice is enough to excite attention and put the injured party on guard and call for inquiry.” 9
4 Wimberly v. Gatch
la · 1994
green “an exception to the general rules of prescription.” 6
5 Julius Ducre v. Mine Safety Appliances, Joseph Bartholomew v. Avondale Industries, Inc.
ca5 · 1992
green “tortious act, the damage caused by the tortious act, and the causal link between the act and the damage.” 5
6 prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,222 Carl O. Brown, Jr. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
ca5 · 1995
green “commences to run from the day injury or damage is sustained.” 4
7 Gunter v. Plauche
la · 1983
green “that something is wrong is not sufficient to start prescription unless plaintiff knew or should have known by exercising reasonable diligence that his problem condition may have been caused by acts of malpractice.” 3

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