Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 90.054
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 90.054, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 90.054. FAILURE TO MAKE TRUST CLAIM OR PROVIDE NOTICE AND TRUST CLAIM MATERIAL.
Official statutory text
(a) An MDL pretrial court may not remand an action to a trial court and a trial court may not commence trial in the action unless the claimant has:
(1) made each trust claim as required by this subchapter; and
(2) served the notice of, and trust claim material relating to, those trust claims in accordance with Section 90.053.
(b) If a claimant received compensation from an asbestos or silica trust for an injury that also gave rise to a judgment against a defendant for the same injury and the claimant failed to serve the relevant notice and trust claim material as required by Section 90.053, the trial court, on a defendant's or judgment debtor's motion and after reasonable notice to the parties, may impose an appropriate sanction, including setting aside the judgment and ordering a new trial.
(c) This section may not be construed to require payment of a trust claim by an asbestos or silica trust before the MDL pretrial court remands the action for trial or before a judgment is rendered in the action.
(1) made each trust claim as required by this subchapter; and
(2) served the notice of, and trust claim material relating to, those trust claims in accordance with Section 90.053.
(b) If a claimant received compensation from an asbestos or silica trust for an injury that also gave rise to a judgment against a defendant for the same injury and the claimant failed to serve the relevant notice and trust claim material as required by Section 90.053, the trial court, on a defendant's or judgment debtor's motion and after reasonable notice to the parties, may impose an appropriate sanction, including setting aside the judgment and ordering a new trial.
(c) This section may not be construed to require payment of a trust claim by an asbestos or silica trust before the MDL pretrial court remands the action for trial or before a judgment is rendered in the action.
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