Legal Opinion
In re Bustamante
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 23, 2016No. 04-16-00333-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by: Marialyn Barnard, Justice
Relator, Cleo Bustamante, Jr., filed this petition for writ of mandamus complaining the trial court erred by: (1) refusing to rule on his motion for summary judgment; and (2) denying his motion for leave to designate responsible third parties. We hold the trial court clearly abused its discretion by denying the motion for leave to designate responsible third parties and an appeal does not provide an adequate remedy for this error. Therefore, we conditionally grant mandamus on this issue. We do not reach the complaint regarding the motion for summary…
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