Ex Parte Cassidy

Ernest Cassidy and Watford Enterprises, Inc., the defendants in an action currently pending in the Houston Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to join the plaintiff Kent Turner Brock's insurer, Safeco Property and Casualty Insurance Company, as subrogee of Brock. We deny the petition.

This action arose out of an automobile accident between vehicles driven by Brock and Cassidy; Brock seeks to recover damages for property loss and personal injuries he claims to have sustained in that accident. Cassidy was an employee of Watford Enterprises, Inc., and was…