DUKE INC. v. FUENTES

No. 22-0871.

672 S.W.3d 128 (2023)

DUKE INC., General Contractors, Petitioner, v. Denis Garcia FUENTES, Individually, Tania Concepcion Mejia Matute, Individually, and as Legal Guardians and as Next Friends of Angel De Jesus Garcia Mejia, Cristal Belen Garcia Mejia, and Cristy Belen Garcia Mejia, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION FILED: June 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marisa C. Hurd , Robert B. Dubose , Willie Ben Daw III , Houston, Douglas W. Alexander , Austin, Kyle D. Giacco , Houston, for Petitioner.

William Thomas , Dallas, David T. McDowell , Houston, for Other interested parties Georgia-Pacific LLC, Georgia-Pacific Woods Products South, LLC, Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC, Georgia-Pacific DE LLC.

Michael Andrew Harris , Houston, Martyn B. Hill , Leslie D. Pickett , for Other interested party Trussway Ltd. and Trussway Manufacturing Inc.

David M. Medina , Ben Dominguez II , Timothy A. Hootman , Houston, for Respondents.

David Hill Bradley , Houston, Jerry L. Ewing Jr. , Dallas, Travis Harper, for Other interested party The American Trade Group, Inc. d/b/a American Lumber, Inc.


Petition for review denied.

This case implicates the recurring problem of permissive interlocutory appeals. We write separately to address three topics.

First, the chief problem is that many courts of appeals deny most such appeals, often...

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