Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 27, 2009.
January 27, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert G. Newman, Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Lisa Ann Shub, Ricardo G. Cedillo, Richard William Espey, Derick J. Rodgers, Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, San Antonio, Edmundo O. Ramirez, Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, L.L.P., Christopher A. Funk, Walker & Twenhafel, Mark W. Walker, Passmore, Walker & Twenhafel, L.L.P., Edmundo O. Ramirez, Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, Jose E. Garcia, Garcia & Villarreal, O. Carl Hamilton, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, R. Bruce Hurley, C. Brannon Robertson, Reagan W. Simpson, King & Spalding, LLP, Andre M. Landry III, J.J. Hardig, Kacal, Adams & Law, Robert Philip Scott, Abrams, Scott & Bickley, Peter Thompson, Thompson & Reilley, P.C., Richard L. Josephson, Michael B. Bennett, Baker & Botts, Edward M. Carstarphen, Houston, J. Kevin Buster, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, David Oliveira, Roerig, Oliveira & Fisher, L.L.P., Brownsville, Christine G. Rolph, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Daniel R. Blakey, Lawrence P. Riff, Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, J.A. `Tony' Canales, Canales & Simonson, P.C., Corpus Christi, Michael R. Klatt, Jeffrey R. Lilly, Clark, Thomas & Winters, P.C., Austin, Robert M. Howard, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA, John Mandler, Dara Mann, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for relators.
Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, Juan J. "Chuy" Hinojosa, George P. Powell, Hinojosa & Powell, Ramon Rosales, Jr., Kittleman, Thomas & Gonzales, J. Michael Moore, David J. Lumber, Guerra & Moore, McAllen, Linda L. Thomas, Michelle W. Wan, Thomas & Wan, Dwight E. Jefferson, Andy Taylor, Dennis Craig Reich, Reich & Binstock, Amanda Peterson, Houston, Michael R. Cowen, Brownsville, Mauro L. Reyna, III, Penitas, for real parties in interest.
Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices GARZA and BENAVIDES.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.
OPINION
Opinion by Justice GARZA.
In September 1999, hundreds of plaintiffs sued more than thirty defendants, seeking damages for a vast array of injuries allegedly caused by a "toxic soup" of pesticides released into the community from facilities in Mission, Texas, operated by Hayes-Sammons Chemical Co. ("Hayes-Sammons") between 1950 and 1967. Nine years after the suit was initiated, the claims of one plaintiff...
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