In Re Kone, Inc.

ON REVIEW BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

in which Justice PEEPLES, Justice CASTILLIO, Justice HANKS, and Justice SMITH joined.

I. FACTUAL CONTEXT AND CONTENTIONS

On September 9, 2005, Kone, Inc. filed its motion before this panel. 1 Tracking the language of Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 18.3(a)(2), Kone alleges that four cases pending against it in four different counties 2 involve common issues of fact and the transfer of those cases for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings would be for the convenience of the parties and witnesses, and would promote the…