# Campbell v. Sonford Chemical Company

> Texas Supreme Court · November 15, 1972 · 16 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 85

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9646577

## Case

- **Full name:** Charles CAMPBELL Et Al., Petitioners, v. SONFORD CHEMICAL COMPANY, Respondent
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 15, 1972
- **Citations:** 16 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 85; 486 S.W.2d 932; 1972 Tex. LEXIS 227
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Pope
- **Judges:** Phillips, Pope, Greenhill
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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