Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 32.001
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.

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