IN RE E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

No. 08-0625.

289 S.W.3d 861 (2009)

In re E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra F. Clark, M.C. Carrington, Mike A. Hatchell, Charles R. Watson Jr., Sarah B. Duncan, Larry E. Cotten, Dennis M. Conrad, Steven James Gordon, for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Glen W. Morgan, Christopher Michael Portner, for Caryl Richardson.


Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, and Justice WILLETT joined.

At issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the trial court abused its discretion by disregarding the jury verdict and granting a new trial without giving its reasons for doing so. Based on In re Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2009 WL 1900509 (Tex. 2009), we hold that it did and grant relief...

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