Texas Justices Say Filing Error Doesn't Doom Suit

By Michelle Casady (May 13, 2022, 4:14 PM EDT) -- The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overruled its own precedent in a 1985 case in order to reverse a ruling dismissing a wrongful death lawsuit, holding that a filing error did not deprive a lower court of authority to hear the dispute....

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