(July 20, 2016, 1:12 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas appeals court on July 19 declined to rehear an asbestos case in which it found that a nine-year gap in accepting a settlement offer did not doom the claim, turning away Union Carbide Corp.’s warning that the ruling “risks creating a dangerous precedent” (Union Carbide Corp. v. Perry Jones, Rosemary Allegria, et al., No. 01-14-00574-CV, Texas App., 1st Dist.)....