Cities Urge Texas Court Not To Adopt Discovery Rule In Former Judge’s Asbestos Suit

Mealey's (November 15, 2018, 2:20 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — The Legislature had the ability and every opportunity to subject the notice requirement for suing a political subdivision to the discovery rule, and a former judge’s widow’s attempt to circumvent that reality represents an attack on the immunity to which the entity is entitled, a pair of cities told a Texas appeals court on Nov. 13 in urging it to deny rehearing a case (Jefferson County, Texas v. Ellarene Farris, et al., No. 01-17-00493-CV, Texas App., 1st Dist.)....