Owens Corning v. Carter

In these consolidated direct appeals we consider the constitutionality of sections 71.031(a)(3), 71.051, and 71.052(b) and (c) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Section 71.031(a)(3) is a borrowing statute, which provides that a foreign plaintiffs action for personal injury or death arising out of state must be brought in Texas within the limitations period provided by the law of the state in which the wrongful act, neglect, or default took place. Several Alabama plaintiffs whose asbestos claims arose in Alabama challenged the constitutionality of section 71.031(a)(3) as applied…