BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. BARNER

No. 13-97-702-CV.

964 S.W.2d 299 (1998)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO.; The Cooper Companies; Coopervision, Inc.; Cooper Surgical, Inc.; Mec Subsidiary Corporation (Formerly Known as Surgitek, Inc.); Medical Engineering Corporation, Aesthetech Corporation, and National Y Surgical Specialities, Inc., Appellants, v. Linda Livingston BARNER, Katharyn Cogdill, Christel Freeman, Barbara Lynn Horn, Marcia Leonard, Demetra Meurer, Laverne Walker, Edith Williams and Irene Zapalac, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

January 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Crowley, Jack D. Maroney, Maroney, Crowley, Bankston, Austin, Andrew Fairles Macrae, Austin, for Appellant.

Kip A. Petroff, Dallas, for Appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and YANEZ and RODRIGUEZ, JJ.


OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

This is an accelerated appeal pursuant to § 15.003(c) of the civil practice and remedies code.1 Appellants claim the trial court erred in denying their motion to transfer venue and erred in permitting the joinder of plaintiffs who are unable to independently establish their right to bring suit in Victoria County.

This litigation involves nine plaintiffs who brought suit in Victoria County...

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