IN RE BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE, AG

No. 99-0734.

8 S.W.3d 326 (2000)

In re BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE, AG, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth G. Malinas, J. Michael Myers, Brendan K. McBride, San Antonio, Joseph V. Crawford, Austin, for Relator.

W. Douglas Matthews, Houston, Catherine A. Mauzy, Austin, R. L. Pete McKinney, Houston, Clinaard J. Hanby, The Woodlands, for Respondent.


Motion for Rehearing of a Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied.

Justice HECHT, joined by Justice OWEN, dissenting from the denial of the motion for rehearing of the petition for mandamus.

If after a three-week trial the court refuses to render judgment on the verdict and instead orders a new trial on its own initiative, is the party who prevailed with the jury entitled to some meaningful explanation, not just that a new trial is "in the interest of justice...

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