JONES v. PULLMAN KELLOGG CORP.

No. 84-2256.

785 F.2d 1270 (1986)

Lorraine JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PULLMAN KELLOGG CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Thompson, Provost, Umphrey, Doyle & McPherson, Walter Umphrey, Joseph R. Steele, Port Arthur, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert A. Black, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, RUBIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case involves a challenge to a Texas law imposing a limitations period on actions brought against architects and engineers. Plaintiff-appellant Lorraine Jones argues that putting a ten-year limitations period on claims arising out of defective or unsafe buildings or equipment violates the Open Courts clause of the Texas Constitution, which provides that "All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him, in his...

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