Legal Opinion

Strickland v. Johns-Manville International Corp.

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided November 15, 1978No. Civ. A. 75-H-492, 75-H-870, 75-H-906, 76-H-1499 and 73-H-1072PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SINGLETON, District Judge.

The above-styled-and-numbered cases have been consolidated with nineteen others for the purpose of discovery. These four cases are now before the court for consideration on motions for summary judgment. Each motion is based on the allegation that the plaintiff’s cause of action is barred by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5526 (1958), the Texas Statute of Limitations.

There is one question central to the disposition of each of these motions, /. e. when does the statute of limitations begin to run?

The statute could begin to run sometime during the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Gaddis v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Hays v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Grady v. FaykusCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Robinson v. Buckner Park, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Childs v. HausseckerTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Anthony v. Koppers Co., Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Bendix Corporation v. StaggSupreme Court of Delaware · 1984

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