In Re Smith

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 disturbances of air. That flutter of air would join with other like movements, generating a breeze. That breeze would combine with others to create winds. Those winds could…