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Suboxone lawsuit: who can file and what happens next in Texas

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Filing deadline2 years from discovery. Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can tell you.Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003

Deadlines vary with the facts of each case. A lawyer can confirm yours.

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01 · Your filing deadline

What is the deadline in Texas?

Texas product liability statute of limitations is 2 years from discovery (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003). Texas courts apply the discovery rule to latent injury cases. Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can confirm yours.

2 years from discovery. Whether that time has passed depends on your facts, so don't rule yourself out. A lawyer can tell you.

A lawyer can tell you.

Source: Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003

Deadlines vary; a lawyer can confirm yours. An older diagnosis or a past filing window does not, by itself, establish whether you have a claim.

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A lawyer can check which filing rules apply to your circumstances.

02 · Where cases are heard

Where would my case be heard?

Texas imposes a 2-year statute of limitations for personal injury and product liability claims from the date of accrual, with a discovery rule that begins the clock when the plaintiff knew or should have known of the injury and its cause. Texas has a significant opioid crisis and high rates of MAT prescribing, producing substantial numbers of Suboxone dental injury claimants.

Statute of Limitations — TX: 2 years from the date of discovery (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003). Texas applies the discovery rule in product liability actions; the limitations period begins when the plaintiff knew or should have known of the injury and its probable cause. A dental diagnosis attributing tooth decay or dissolution to Suboxone use is the typical discovery trigger.

Dental Board & Malpractice Considerations — TX: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE). Dentists treating Suboxone patients with severe erosion should document medication history and causal assessment. Texas prescribers (physicians and suboxone clinics) who failed to warn patients of dental risks after the FDA's January 2022 alert may face professional board complaints and civil malpractice liability.

Transfer to MDL 3092 — TX: Texas federal cases (N.D. Tex. Dallas/Ft. Worth, S.D. Tex. Houston, W.D. Tex., E.D. Tex.) are eligible for JPML transfer to MDL 3092 in the N.D. Ohio (Cleveland). Texas has one of the largest plaintiff pools given its high Suboxone prescription volume tied to opioid epidemic recovery programs.

Medical facilities in Texas

  • UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry — Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Texas A&M College of Dentistry — Dallas

How this works nationally

For the overall process and updates, read the Suboxone lawsuit: who can file and what happens next overview. This page covers the local information available for Texas.

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Sources

  1. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003