Texas Codes

Tex. Ins. Code § 541.254 (2026)

Statute Of Limitations Tolled

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Sec. 541.254. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TOLLED. The filing of a class action under this subchapter tolls the statute of limitations for bringing an action by an individual under Section 541.162.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2023 · leading case: Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Abshire, 517 S.W.3d 320 (2017).
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Abshire, 517 S.W.3d 320 (2017). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Ins. Code § 541.254. Accordingly, As-plundh contends that if the legislature had intended to include all class actions, it would have done so and that if the type of tolling identified in American Pipe applied to Texas class actions generally, there would have been no…”
Levinson Alcoser Assocs., L.P. & Levinson Assocs., Inc. v. El Pistolon II, Ltd. (Tex. 2023). “) (concluding the running of the statute of limitations was tolled for the putative class members’ individual claims against the class-action defendant pending a ruling on class certification under a doctrine analogous to American Pipe tolling); TEX. INS. CODE § 541.254 (“The…”
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