Republic Insurance Co. v. Millard

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This mandamus action evolves from the trial court’s application of the Texas “turnover” statute. We are presented with the following issues of first impression concerning the scope of this statute: 1) whether a third party may be included as a party defendant for the first time in a post-judgment turnover petition; and 2) whether a trial court can order a separate trial to determine the merits alleged in bad faith claims against that third party as part of a turnover order.

Relator, Republic Insurance Company, (Relator or Republic) petitions this court for writ of…