OWENS CORNING v. CARTER

Nos. 97-1162 to 97-1166.

997 S.W.2d 560 (1999)

OWENS CORNING, et al., Appellants, v. Hilliard CARTER, Appellee. Owens Corning, et al., Appellants, v. James B. Carroll, et al., Appellees. Owens Corning, et al., Appellants, v. George R. Aday, et al., Appellees. Owens Corning, et al., Appellants, v. Larry R. Chandler, et al., Appellees. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., A.P. Green Industries, Inc., Armstrong World Industries, CertainTeed Corp., Dana Corp., Quigley Company, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Austin E. Deford, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Elliston, Dallas, Wendy White, Washington, DC, Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, G. Luke Ashley, Dallas, Solace Kirkland Southwick, Houston, for Appellants in No. 97-1162.

Gary D. Elliston, Dallas, Wendy White, Washington, DC, Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, G. Luke Ashley, Dallas, Dawn Marie Wright, Dallas, Solace Kirkland Southwick, Houston, Robert E. Thackston, for Appellants in No. 97-1163.

Gary D. Elliston, Dallas, Wendy White, Washington, DC, Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, G. Luke Ashley, Dallas, Solace Kirkland Southwick, Houston, Robert E. Thackston, Dallas, Thomas M. Farrell, Houston, for Appellants in No. 97-1164.

Gary D. Elliston, Dallas, Wendy White, Washington, DC, Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, G. Luke Ashley, Dawn Marie Wright, Dallas, Solace Kirkland Southwick, Houston, Robert E. Thackston, Dallas, Thomas M. Farrell, Houston, for Appellants in No. 97-1165.

Gary D. Elliston, Dallas, Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Kevin F. Risley, Houston, Roger Podesta, Karen Schwartz, New York City, G. Luke Ashley, Dawn Marie Wright, Dallas, John Cornyn, Austin, Wendy White, Washington, DC, Solace Kirkland Southwick, Houston, Robert E. Thackston, Dallas, Thomas M. Farrell, Houston, for Appellants in No. 97-1166.

Frederick M. Baron, Russell W. Budd, Peter Andrew Kraus, Brent M. Rosenthal, Steve Baughman, Dallas, Richard N. Countiss, Houston, Tommy Jacks, Austin, Mary Elizabeth Skelnik, Rola Saidi, Dallas, for Appellees in Nos. 97-1162 to 97-1165.

Frederick M. Baron, Russell W. Budd, Peter Andrew Kraus, Brent M. Rosenthal, Steve Baughman, Dallas, Richard N. Countiss, Houston, Tommy Jacks, Austin, for Appellees in No. 97-1166.


Justice ABBOTT delivered the opinion of the Court.

In these consolidated direct appeals we consider the constitutionality of sections 71.031(a)(3), 71.051, and 71.052(b) and (c) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Section 71.031(a)(3) is a borrowing statute, which provides that a foreign plaintiff's action for personal injury or death arising out of state must be brought in Texas within the limitations period provided by the law of the state in which the...

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