NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. v. VALERO ENERGY CORP.

No. 13-04-205-CV.

143 S.W.3d 859 (2004)

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., et al., Appellants, v. VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

August 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco R. Villarreal, Jose E. Garcia, Garcia & Villarreal, L.L.P., McAllen, Michael Choyke, Thomas C. Wright, Wright, Brown & Close, LLP, Houston, James G. Christiansen, Richard S. Kuhl, Jackson & Campbell, Washington, DC, for appellants.

Jason R. Cliffe, Ricardo G. Cedillo, Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc., Les Streiber III, Sharon E. Callaway, Michael J. Murray, Crofts & Callaway, San Antonio, David Taubenfeld, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, for appellees.

Before Justices YANEZ, RODRIGUEZ, and GARZA.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice GARZA.

Appellants have filed an interlocutory appeal under civil practice and remedies code section 15.003(c), arguing that the trial court erred by allowing the joinder and intervention of appellees in a lawsuit brought against appellants by Valero Energy Company in Hidalgo County. Specifically, appellants claim that appellees did not establish two of the four statutory elements required for joinder and intervention: (1) an "essential...

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