Conroe Truck & Tractor, Inc. v. Childs Truck Equipment, Inc.

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case involving the statute of limitations in a third-party indemnification and contribution action. Rosie Lee Jordy was injured on April 30,. 1982, while descending from the back of a dump truck. On April 13, 1984, Ms. Jordy filed suit against Conroe Truck & Tractor, Inc. (Conroe Truck), the seller of the dump truck, and International Harvester Company, the manufacturer of the truck chassis, on theories of negligence and product liability. On October 9, 1984, (more than two years after the date of the injury) Conroe Truck filed its…