Union City Body Co., Inc. v. Ramirez

ON RELATOR’S PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Relator, Union City Body Co., Inc. (Union City), brings this petition for writ of mandamus against respondent, the Honorable Mar*198io Ramirez, a visiting judge from the 229th Judicial District Court of Starr County, Texas. For the following reasons, we conclude the writ must be denied.

Background

This case arises from an automobile accident which occurred in Starr County on June 12, 1990. Plaintiff Ranee Bighorse was driving a van that had been manufactured by defendant/relator Union City Body Co. and owned by the United Parcel…