Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 32.001 : CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE — TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL — JUDGMENTS — CONTRIBUTION — Application

(a) This chapter applies only to tort actions.
(b) This chapter does not apply if a right of contribution, indemnity, or recovery between defendants is provided by other statute or by common law.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 32.001

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.
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