BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. GOLDSTON

No. 2-97-249-CV.

957 S.W.2d 671 (1997)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY and CBI Medical, Inc., Appellants, v. Tonya Lynne GOLDSTON and Foy Goldston, Melba Adams Currence and James Currence, Linda Ancell and Gregory Ancell, Lea Ash and Danny Ash, Robin Berryman, Merry Angela Blair, Julie Bolduc, Kimberly Boyle and Rick Boyle, Kenda Castles and Mike Castles, Helen Maxine Cely, Rosemarie Chapman and Jackie Chapman, Danell Cook and David Cook, Patricia Den, Janie Edwards and G. Don Edwards, Karen Fenoglio Johnson and Charles Johnson, Gerry Gamboa and Tony Gamboa, Kathy Gary and James Gary, Toni Halady and Robert C. Halady, II, Mable Jean Hall and T.E. Hall, Martha Harbison and Garett Harbison, Bettye Jill Hendrickson and William Hendrickson, Bonnie Hodges, Amelia Kay Hoyt and David Hoyt, Shelly Jackson and Richard Jackson, Janis Gayle Johnson and Bob Johnson, Mary Elizabeth King and John King, Doris Kinzer and Albert Kinzer, The Estate Of Sallie Lou Knox, Lynda Lynch and Jackey Lynch, Daphne Marsh and Leroy Marsh, Bonita May and Jimmy May, Elizabeth McCown and Harlan McCown, M. Sharon McNett and Ronnie McNett, Cathy Mills and Gary Mills, Dottie Murphy, Arrilia Parker and Donald Parker, Edith Rickels and Alvin Rickels, Jean Renee Routon and Arthur Edward Routon, Dorothy Scheurer and Robert Scheurer, Jo Schmid and David Schmid, Barbara Schoyen and James Schoyen, Sr., Patty Shipman and Ronnie Shipman, Paula Spruiell and Stan Spruiell, Nancy Staley, Jo Lynn Stokley and Gerald Stokley, Jane Styles and David Styles, Kimberly Taylor and Michael Taylor, Cloma Thompson and Jim Thompson, Patricia Thompson and Gerald Thompson, Audrey Torblaa and Robert Torblaa, Mary Van Derzee Emberlin and Alva Emberlin, Mary Watkins, Melynda Weaver and Richard Weaver, Linda Wilson, Belinda Worley and Ruben Worley, Donna Allen, Darlene Alderman, Lana Bumpas, Laura High, Janet McShan, Raymond Leon Hodges, Pam Koetter, Lisa Lois Price, Marian Stanley, Judy Strange, Carol Woodard, Debbie Loafman, Jo Lynn Watkins, Pamela Cadle, and Dana Wilson, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled January 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Brian G. Hamilton, S. Vance Wittie, Dallas, for Appellants.

J. Patrick Hazel, Austin, Hank Anderson, Wichita Falls, Turner Branch, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and DAY and HOLMAN, JJ.


OPINION

DAY, Justice.

INTRODUCTION AND HOLDING

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order denying appellants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Cbi Medical's1 challenge to venue based on the joinder of multiple plaintiffs.2 We are asked to decide whether, under a settlement opt-out agreement that allowed plaintiffs to opt-out and "retain all rights ... that existed prior to the....

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