IN RE SMITH

No. 06-11-00003-CV.

332 S.W.3d 704 (2011)

In re: Anna C. SMITH.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided February 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery C. Lewis , Atchley, Waldrop & Hlavinka, LLP, Texarkana, for appellant.

Jonathan Prazak , Boyd, Poff & Burgess, LLP, Texarkana, for appellee.

Before MORRISS, C.J., CARTER and MOSELEY, JJ.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice MOSELEY.

The instant case is on a petition for writ of mandamus, seeking to have us direct the trial court to set aside an order granting a new trial and to reinstate a take-nothing judgment.

There is a theory of remote consequences called the "butterfly effect."1 Under this theory, the proponents postulate that the movement of the wings of a butterfly somewhere in Africa could generate minute...

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