UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, et al., Appellants
v.
Jack LOFTIN, et al., Appellees.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted on June 6, 2008.
Decided June 12, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Tynan Buthod, Elizabeth Baker, Baker Botts L.L.P., Stephen C. Dillard, Brett Young, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Stan Perry, Marty Thompson, Teresa Tien, Haynes & Boone L.L.P., Jesse R. Pierce, King & Spalding L.L.P., Robert Scott, Sue D. Rosenthal, Marquel R. Sautural, Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P., Richard O. Faulk, Jose A. Berlanga, Diana Panian Larson, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, James M. Riley, Jr., Stacy K. Yates, Coats, Rose, Yale Ryman & Lee, P.C., Susan A. Carstens, Law Office of Susan A. Carstens, Leslie M. Henry, Hays McConn Rice & Pickering, Constantine Z. Pamphilis, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Sharla J. Frost, Joyce B. Margarce, Chandria T. Jackson, Powers & Frost, L.L.P., Jason Wagner, Lorien Little, Tribble, Ross & Wagner, Kevin F. Risley, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Jay D. Hirsch, Fred L. Shuchart, Gregory W. Marcum, Kroger, Myers, Fisby & Hirsch, Holli Pryor-Baze, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Houston, Michael L. Baker, Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P., Karen L. Spivey, Pate & Spivey, L.L.P., Beaumont, Gregg R. Brown, Nancy J. Griffin, Germer Gertz Beaman & Brown, L.L.P., Austin, Vic H. Henry, Rosalyn R. Tippett, Henry Oddo Austin & Fletcher, P.C., David M. Taylor, Kevin B. Brown, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., James J. McGoldrick, Jeffrey F. Wood, Wesley S. Alost, Jones Carr McGoldrick, L.L.P., Dallas, Jeffrey R. Allen, Larry L. Fowler, Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, LLP, Arlington, Richard C. Danysh, Bracewell & Giuliani, San Antonio, Ralph F. Meyer, Christopher Lowrance, Robert Spangler, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP, Corpus Christi, for appellants.
Daryl L. Moore, Daryl L. Moore, P.C., Lance H. Lubel, J. Robert Black, Heard Robins Cloud & Lubel, LLP, Houston, for appellees.
Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.
OPINION
STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.
This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal from the trial court's ruling denying the defendants' motions to transfer venue in a multi-plaintiff case. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 15.003(b) (Vernon Supp.2007). Pursuant to section 15.003(c)(1), we must "determine whether the trial court's order is proper based on an independent determination from the record and not under either an abuse of discretion...
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