In re State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 169 creates an expedited actions process for lawsuits in which all claimants affirmatively plead that they seek only monetary damages aggregating $100,000 or less. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 169.1 However, a court must remove a suit from this expedited process on the motion of a party and a showing of good cause. See Rule 169(c)(1). Relator and defendant below, State Farm Automobile Insurance Company, moved this Court to stay further proceedings in the underlying lawsuit2 and to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable W. F. "Corky" Roberts, Potter County Court…