Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) codified at 43 U.S.C.A. § 1333 et seq., the statute of limitations of the adjacent state applies to personal injury actions where the injury occurred on structures like fixed drilling platforms located on the outer continental shelf off the coast. Rodrigue v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 395 U.S. 352 (1969). The statutes of limitation for the Gulf Coast states are as follows: Texas, 2 years with Discovery Rule (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003); Louisiana, 1 year (La. Civil Code § 3492 et seq.); Mississippi, 3 years from the date of occurrence with Discovery Rule, 1 year if wrongful death caused by intentional tort (Miss. Code. Ann. § 15-1-1 et seq.); Alabama, 2 years from the date of occurrence, punitive damages only if wrongful death (Ala. Code § 6-2-2 et seq.); Florida, 4 years with Discovery Rule but no survival, 2 years for wrongful death (Fla. Stat. Ann. § 95.11 et seq.). Whenever the OCSLA applies, the claim must be thoroughly researched to determine which state’s statute of limitations will apply to the action. The courts in the following cases held that the limitation provisions of the adjacent state as surrogate federal law under OCSLA, rather than the maritime doctrine of laches, would govern the timeliness of the death or personal injury actions arising out of occurrences on offshore stationary drilling platforms: Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson, 404 U.S. 97 (1971); Bible v. Chevron Oil Co., 460 F.2d 1218 (5th Cir. 1972); Bonner v. Chevron U.S.A., 668 F.2d 817 (5th Cir. 1982); Olsen v. Shell Oil Co., 708 F.2d 976 (5th Cir. 1983); Dorety v. Avondale Shipyards of Texas, Inc., 672 F. Supp. 962 (S.D. Tex. 1987), judgment affirmed without published opinion, 832 F.2d 1262 (5th Cir. 1987); Robison v. Exxon Corp., 779 F. Supp. 65, (E.D. Tex. 1991); Grover v. Exxon Corp., 894 F. Supp. 291 (S.D. Tex. 1995). In an action for injuries sustained on a stationary offshore drilling platform, Louviere v. Shell Oil Co., 509 F.2d 278 (5th Cir. 1975) held that the tolling provisions of the law of the adjacent state would be applied as federal surrogate law under OCSLA to determine the timeliness of the action.