Supreme Court of Texas modifies COVID-19 civil case filing deadlines

The Texas Supreme Court issued a new emergency order Wednesday that officially stays “any statute-of-limitations deadlines for the filing or service of any civil case” between March 13 and June 1. The state justices took the action in response to a request by leaders on all sides of the civil trial bar to eliminate trial court discretion in changing filing deadlines as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The new emergency order – the eighth issued by the state’s highest court regarding the…