Texas Court Properly Found Former Judge’s Asbestos Suit Time-Barred, County Says

Mealey's (November 12, 2018, 2:27 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — The words incident and claim mean different things, and a law requiring notice of suit within six months of an incident bars both a man’s mesothelioma claim and the derivative wrongful death action, a Texas county told a state appellate court on Nov. 12 (Jefferson County, Texas v. Ellarene Farris, et al., No. 01-17-00493-CV, Texas App., 1st Dist.)....