Legal Opinion
In Re Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 14, 1998No. 96-0881PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, Justice
in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, ENOCH, SPECTOR, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.
This original proceeding arises out of the breast implant litigation. The issue before us is whether the trial court abused its discretion in consolidating for trial the claims of nine plaintiffs against three defendants. Based on the record before us, we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion.
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The underlying suits are four of thousands of breast implant eases pending in Dallas County. At a pretrial hearing that encompassed all breast implant eases pending in the 14 th District Court, the trial…
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