E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. BAILEY

Nos. 09-98-061CV to 09-98-064CV.

986 S.W.2d 82 (1999)

E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ina Sue BAILEY and Chesley Calvin Brown and Robert L. Abernathy and Edsel Dewell Cardwell, et. al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided February 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth B. Pratt, Sandra Clark, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, for appellant.

Glen W. Morgan, Richard J. Clarkson, Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and STOVER, JJ.


OPINION

DON BURGESS, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal arises from the trial court's denial of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company's special appearance motions in four personal injury suits involving thousands of plaintiffs.1 Both DuPont and appellees agreed to submit one brief for all four cases; we therefore issue one opinion.

The plaintiffs' claims arise from alleged exposure to asbestos and suit was filed in Orange...

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