In re Bustamante

DISSENTING OPINION

Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

I respectfully dissent.2 The majority adopts a new, rigid rule regarding motions for leave to designate responsible third parties (RTP motions) that is directly contrary to In re Prudential Insurance Company of America, 148 S.W.3d 124 (Tex. 2004). In Prudential, the Supreme Court of Texas required that we conduct a case-by-case benefits-and-detriments analysis and not adopt rigid rules to determine whether an appeal is an inadequate remedy. See id. at 136; see also In re H.E.B. Grocery Co., 492 S.W.3d 300, 304 (Tex. 2016) (orig. proceeding) (per…