Opinion

Campbell v. Sonford Chemical Company

  • 16 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 85
  • 486 S.W.2d 932
  • 1972 Tex. LEXIS 227
Court
Texas Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 15, 1972
Status
Published
Author
Pope
On the bench
Phillips, Pope, Greenhill
Cited by
21 cases

The opinion

POPE, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. This is a suit for common law recovery of damages, and while it may be said that the insurer’s action did not accrue until the time stated in the majority opinion, the same may not *935 be said of the injured employee’s claim. His action was not asserted against the third party until two years and nine months after his injury. The Legislature, as to workmen’s compensation, has said that good cause will excuse the late filing of a compensation claim. The Legislature has not made such an exception in the case of a common law third party action.

GREENHILL, C. J., joins in this dissent.

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