In re Farmers Insurance Co. Wind/Hail Storm Litigation

*423On Review by the MultidistRict Litigation Panel •

Presiding Judge Peeples

delivered the opinion of the MDL Panel:

Rule 13 authorizes the MDL Panel to transfer “related” cases (i.e. cases involving common questions of fact) from different trial courts to a single pretrial judge if transfer will (1) serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and (2) promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation. See In re State Farm Lloyds Hurricane Ike Litig., 392 S.W.3d 353, 354 (Tex. M.D.L. Panel 2012). For a transfer to be ordered, “there must be two distinct findings: that the cases are…