Legal Opinion

Martinez v. Humble Sand & Gravel, Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1994No. D-4393PublishedCited by 116 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER curiam:.

This appeal involves a summary judgment in a multiple-defendant products liability action. The trial court granted summary judgment to some, but apparently not all, defendants, and the court of appeals affirmed. 860 S.W.2d 467. We conclude that the severance order, which purported to allow additional defendants to be added to the severed “final” judgment after the date the order was signed, was necessarily an interlocutory order and therefore not appealable. Because the court of appeals should not have taken jurisdiction of the appeal, we reverse the judgment of the court of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  2. Mafrige v. RossTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Kansas University Endowment Ass'n v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1961
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  5. Mueller v. SaraviaTexas Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by116 opinions

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  4. Bandera Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. GilchristTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Randolph v. Walker, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000

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