Dal-Briar Corp. v. Baskette

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This mandamus action by defendant/Relator, Dal-Briar Corporation against Respondents Judge William Baskette, Jr., Judge Sam Callan and Judge Sam Paxson, 1 presents an issue of first impression. The petition requests that mandamus issue ordering three cases deconsolidated, following the granting of plaintiffs’ motion for consolidated trial in three distinct lawsuits against defendant. We conditionally grant the writ.

BACKGROUND

Three plaintiffs, all represented by the same counsel and all former employees of Relator Dal-Briar Corporation, a talc mine in Culberson County,…