Legal Opinion
In Re Lufkin Industries, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 8, 2010No. 06-10-00038-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
In this high-stakes personal-injury, products-liability contest, there have been two trials that reached diametrically different results: the first, a multi-million dollar verdict; the second, a take-nothing verdict. After the take-nothing verdict, the trial court ordered a third trial. By petition for writ of mandamus, we are asked to override the trial court’s order granting a new trial. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus, because — although (1) Lufkin has no adequate remedy by appeal, and (2) the trial court’s reasons for granting a new trial…
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