Legal Opinion
Lockard v. Deitch
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided May 6, 1993No. 13-92-227-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.
Appellants, Robert G. Lockard and Toshi 0. Lockard, sued appellee, Ernest R. Deitch, for negligence arising out of an automobile collision. The trial court granted appellee’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. The principle question on appeal is whether entry into settlement negotiations tolls or waives the statute of limitations. We affirm.
In PLAINTIFFS’ ORIGINAL PETITION, filed August 1, 1991, appellants alleged that the collision in question occurred September 1, 1989. Asserting that the…
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