Legal Opinion
In Re Deep South Crane & Rigging Co.
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided December 9, 2008No. 08-0725PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REVIEW BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION.
Justice CATHERINE STONE
delivered the unanimous opinion of the Multidistrict Litigation Panel,
in which Justice DAVID PEEPLES, Justice DOUGLAS S. LANG, Justice GEORGE C. HANKS, JR., and Justice ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE joined.
Factual and Procedural Background
On July 18, 2008, a crane owned and operated by Deep South Crane & Rigging Company collapsed at a refining facility in Houston, Texas. Three lawsuits are currently pending in two counties asserting claims arising from the crane collapse. Deep South has filed a motion to transfer…
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