In Re the Premcor Refining Group, Inc.

OPINION

The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. and Motiva Enterprises L.L.C., (collectively referred to as “Premcor”) petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to dismiss certain causes of action alleged in separate toxic tort petitions. The real parties in interest, Crystal Faulk as next friend of Abel Barragan, a minor, et al., and Michelle Kyles as next friend of Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Kym’Ijah Thomas, minors, et al., (collectively referred to as “plaintiffs”) are separate groups of plaintiffs, the majority of which are minors, who have instituted mass toxic tort actions against a…