Zavadil v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois

OPINION

MARGARET GARNER MIRABAL, Senior Justice (Assigned).

In this negligence suit arising from a motor vehicle accident between two individuals, both of whom resided in Texas at all relevant times, it is undisputed that suit was filed more than two years after the cause of action arose. The dispositive question in this appeal is whether the limitations period was tolled during each of the approximately fourteen days during the two-year limitations period that the resident defendant spent outside Texas. Because we conclude that these travels do not constitute “absence from the state” as this…