IN RE VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.

No. 03-0777.

145 S.W.3d 203 (2004)

In re VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

September 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lansford O. Ireson, Gina Lucero Miller, Ireson & Weizel, P.C., Karen K. Maston, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, L.L.P., Brownsville, James L. Moore, Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Houston, E. James Rausch, Rausch Law Office, Granbury, James B. Galbraith, McLeod Alexander Powel & Apffel, P.C., Galveston, W. Wendell Hall, Robert G. Newman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, Bradley A. Jackson, Ben L. Reynolds, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Houston, William A. Abernethy, Meredith Donnell & Abernethy, P.C., Corpus Christi, Adrian Rafael Martinez, Meredith Donnell & Abernethy, P.C., McAllen, Miller Meredith, Corpus Christi, Arnulfo M. Acosta, Law Office of Arnulfo Acosta, Pharr, Arthur R. Almquist, Mehaffy & Weber, P.C., Houston, Kay Andrews, Brown McCarroll, LLP, Austin, Robert Valadez, Shelton & Valadez, P.C., San Antonio, G. Don Schauer, Schauer & Simank, P.C., Corpus Christi, Michael M. Gibson, Bayko Gibson Carnegie Hagan Shoonmaker & Meyer LLP, Houston, TX, for other interested parties.

Joseph A. Garnett, Sheehy Serpe & Ware, P.C., Houston, Marcy H. Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Norton A. Colvin Jr., Rodriguez Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, L.L.P., Brownsville, and Andrew C. Schirrmeister III, Schirrmeister Ajamie, L.L.P., Kelly Dick Brown, Crain Caton & James, and Robert E. Morse III, Crain Caton & James, P.C., Robert Scott, Abrams Scott & Brickley, L.L.P., Houston, Lisa Ann Shub, Robert G. Newman, Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Relator.

Francisco J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez Tovar & De Los Santos, LLP, Keith C. Livesay, Livesay Law Office, McAllen, TX, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the trial court erroneously consolidated for trial the workplace toxic tort claims of twenty plaintiffs against nine defendants. Because we hold that the trial court abused its discretion and the defendants have no adequate remedy by appeal, we conditionally grant mandamus relief.

The underlying litigation was filed in 1994 by 454 plaintiffs against approximately fifty-five defendants. The plaintiffs...

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