Jan LUBIN, Gilberto Villanueva, Michael Paladinao, Gerald Hooks and Lesly K. Hooks, Appellants,
v.
FARMERS GROUP, INC.; Farmers Underwriters Association; Fire Underwriters Association; Farmers Insurance Exchange; Fire Insurance Exchange; Texas Farmers Insurance Company; Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas; Mid-Century Insurance Company; Truck Insurance Exchange; Truck Underwriters Association; Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Company; The State of Texas; Texas Department of Insurance; and Texas Commissioner of Insurance, Appellees.
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January 21, 2005.
January 21, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David Burrow, Alice Oliver-Parrott, Burrow & Parrott, LLP, Joe W. Redden, Jr., W. Curt Webb, David W. Jones, Russell S. Post, Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP, Dwight E. Jefferson, Dwight E. Jefferson, PLLC, Houston, Villanueva & Paladino, Philip K. Maxwell, Joe K. Longley, Longley & Maxwell, L.L.P., Stephen L. McCleery, Austin, Michael T. Gallagher, Dan Downey, Houston, for Lubin, Pat Maloney, Jr, Maloney, Jefferson & Dugas, Curt L. Cukjarti, Trey Martin, Conry Davidson, Martin & Cukjati, LLP, San Antonio, John A. Davis, Jr., Steven R. Davis, R. Martin Weber, Jr., Davis & Davis, Steven M. Smoot, Houston, William J. Skepnek, Skepnek Law Firm, P.A., Lawrence, for Villanueva, Joseph C. Blanks, Doucette, for Hooks & Hooks.
David C. Mattax, Chief, Financial Litigation Division, James R. Wenzek, Jeff Graham, Asst. Atty's Gen., Amy Warr, Finance Litigation Div., Austin, for State, Tex. Dept. of Ins. & Tex. Comm.
Gerard G. Pech, Layne E. Kruse, Richard N. Carrell, Katherine D. Mackillop, Marcy Hogan Greer, Michael Scott Incerto, Mary Schaerel Diets, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Austin, for Farmers Parties.
Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices KIDD and PURYEAR; Justice KIDD Not Participating.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.
OPINION
DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.
The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether article 21.21, section 17 of the insurance code allows the Attorney General to maintain a class action without satisfying the class action prerequisites set out in article 21.21, section 18. See Tex. Ins.Code Ann. art. 21.21, §§ 17, 18 (West Supp.2004-05). Section 17 of article 21.21 authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of the Texas Department...
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