TEXAS MUT. INS. CO. v. EAST SIDE SURGERY CENTER, INC.

Nos. 13-02-278-CV, 13-02-354-CV.

159 S.W.3d 155 (2004)

TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., et al., Appellants, v. EAST SIDE SURGERY CENTER, INC., et al., Appellees. Ace Mutual Insurance Co., et al., Appellants, v. East Side Surgery Center, Inc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

July 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Icenogle, De Leon, Boggins & Icenogle, Catherine L. Hanna, David L. Plaut, Hanna & Plaut, Edward Tuddenham, Pamella A. Hopper, Veronica C. Czuchna, Jordan & Carmona, P.M. Schenkkan, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, Austin, Brett T. Reynolds, Blakely & Reynolds, San Antonio, Charles Willette, Jr., Willette & Guerra, L.L.P., Jeffrey D. Roerig, Rene O. Oliveira, Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, L.L.P., Horacio L. Barrera, Barrera & Martinez, Brownsville, Dean G. Papas, B. Ford Hamilton, Phillips & Akers, P.C., Houston, Ernest F. Avery, O'Connell & Benjamin, L.L.P., Jerry Shiely, Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, San Antonio, Karen L. Hirschman, Brian E. Robison, John C. Wander, Robert C. Walters, Vinson & Elkins, Mark C. Roberts II, Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth & Schwartz, Robert B. Wellenberger, James L. Sowder, Thompson, Coe, Cousins, Kevin T. Crocker, Jackson Walker, Alicia G. Curran, John Holman Barr, Burt Barr & Assoc., Dallas, Scott C. Skelton, Brent L. Watkins, Zeleskey, Corneluis, Hallmark, Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, David Healey, Arnold, White & Durkee, Dolores Cavatore, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Paul K. Nesbitt, Kelly, Sutter & Kendrick, Houston, Keith B. O'Connell, O'Connell & Benjamin, San Antonio, Mike Mills, McAllen, Jon D. Brooks, The Rangel Law Firm, P.C., Corpus Christi, Ruben R. Pena, Law Offices of Ruben R. Pena, P.C., Harlingen, for Appellants.

Evertt Sanderson, Ethan L. Shaw, John P. Cowart, Moore Landrey, L.L.P., Beaumont, Keith T. Gilbert, William Maxwell, Gilbert & Maxwell, Houston, Ernesto Gamez, Jr., Law Office of Ernesto Gamez, Jr., Reynaldo G. Garza Jr., Brownsville, James A. Holmes, Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann, Henderson, R. Stephen Woodfin, Law Office of Stephen Woodfin, Kilgore, for Appellees.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices HINOJOSA and CASTILLO.


OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice VALDEZ.

In appeal number 13-02-00278-CV, appellants, Texas Mutual Insurance Company,1 et al.,2 challenge whether appellees3 were properly joined in the lawsuit under section 15.003(a) of the civil practices and remedies code.4 In appeal number 13-02-00354-CV, appellants, Ace American Insurance Company, et al...

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