In re Spicewood Wildfire Litigation

*874On Review by the Multidistrict Litigation Panel

Chief Justice CATHERINE STONE

delivered the unanimous opinion of the MDL Panel.

GTE Southwest Incorporated d/b/a Verizon Southwest (“Verizon”), Perdenales Electric Cooperative, Inc. (“Perdenales”), and Utility Support Systems, Inc. n/k/a TRC Companies, Inc. (“TRC”) have filed a motion to transfer 15 lawsuits pending in 7 district courts in Travis County to a single pretrial court for coordinated pretrial proceedings. For the reasons given below, we grant the motion.

Background

In 2011, a brush fire near Spicewood, Texas burned for approximately…