Legal Opinion
In re Broad
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 13, 2012No. 05-12-00538-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice BRIDGES.
Relators filed this mandamus proceeding after the trial court denied their motion for leave to designate a responsible third party. We conclude the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion and rela-tors have no adequate remedy by appeal. We therefore conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.
In 2010, real party in interest Kelara Tong brought her son, Deng Alak, to the swimming pool at a Dallas apartment complex. The child drowned, and Ms. Tong and the boy’s father, Alor Alak, brought suit, both individually and on behalf of their son’s estate,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walker v. PackerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- In re Oncor Electric Delivery Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2011