Legal Opinion

In re State Farm Lloyds Hurricane Ike Litigation

Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided May 21, 2012No. 12-0156PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*354ON REVIEW BY THE MULTIDIS-TRICT LITIGATION PANEL

Presiding Judge PEEPLES delivered the opinion of the MDL Panel.

State Farm Lloyds has asked us to transfer 266 insurance lawsuits, pending in sixteen counties, to an MDL pretrial court.1 The cases arise from damage caused by Hurricane Ike in 2008.2 By separate orders issued earlier, we have granted State Farm’s Motion to Transfer and assigned a pretrial judge.

Administrative Rulel3 authorizes us to transfer “related” cases (i.e. cases involving common questions of fact) from different trial courts to a single pretrial judge if transfer will (1)…

2Cases cited7 opinions

In Re Hurricane Rita Evacuation Bus FireUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2006
In Re Ad Valorem Tax LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2006
In Re Vioxx Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2005
In Re Cano Petroleum, Inc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2008
In Re Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Mortgage Servicing LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2007

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3Cited by6 opinions

In re Farmers Insurance Co. Wind/Hail Storm Litigation 2Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2016
In re State Farm Lloyds Hidalgo County Hail Storm LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2014
In re Farmers Insurance Co. Wind/Hail Storm LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2015
In re Spicewood Wildfire LitigationTexas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2014
Gregory G. Graze and Cynthia A. Criddle v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015

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