AMERICAN PETROFINA, INC. v. ALLEN

No. D-3099.

887 S.W.2d 829 (1994)

AMERICAN PETROFINA, INC. et al., Petitioners, v. Russell H. ALLEN et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori M. Gallagher, Andrew S. Hanen, James R. Old, Jr., Houston, Gail C. Jenkins, Beaumont, William E. Schweinle, Jr., B. Stephen Rice, Pedro F. Andarsio, Eugene A. Cook, Susan Crowley (Stevenson), Houston, D. Allan Jones, Gene M. Williams, James L. Weber, David W. Ledyard, Beaumont, Dennis R. Alenik, Houston, Boyd Wells, Beaumont, Arthur R. Almquist, Houston, George Michael Jamail, Beaumont, Michael A. Hatchell, Tyler, Douglas E. Koger, James L. Moore, Joyce B. Margrace, Edward M. Carstarphen, George J. Kacal, Robert L. Adams, Houston, Paul J. Holmes, Beaumont, Richard L. Josephson, Linda K. Jackson, Houston, for petitioners.

W. James Kronzer, Jr., Houston, Joseph C. Blanks, Cris E. Quinn, Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, for respondents.


DOGGETT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all Justices join.

In this cause we consider a contention that fraudulent concealment tolls the statute of limitations and review the effect of omitting a previously named party from a subsequent pleading.

I.

This suit involves wrongful death and survival claims by numerous plaintiffs against numerous defendants (collectively, "Petrofina").1 Petrofina moved...

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