H.B. Zachry Co. v. Gonzalez

In this original mandamus proceeding, H.B. Zachry Company seeks to compel the Honorable Charles Gonzalez to set aside his order excluding witnesses pursuant to rule 215(5) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The witnesses were excluded because they were not fully identified in answer to interrogatories of the defendant, Bristol Metals, Inc., more than thirty days before the date of trial as required by rule 166b(6). Tex.R.Civ.P. 166b(6). Since the ruling, Judge Gonzalez removed the trial setting to a date more than thirty days from the date of the trial from which the witnesses were…