Jennette Cross v. Roman Wagner

OPINION

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

Under Rule 169 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, claimants have the opportunity to fast-track most civil cases through an “expedited actions process.” TexR. Civ. P. 169(a, d). This expedited process limits and accelerates discovery, limits and accelerates alternative dispute resolution, limits continuances and requires a timely trial setting, limits challenges to expert testimony, and limits the time for the presentation of evidence and arguments during the trial itself. Id. at 169(d). To invoke this expedited process, claimants must affirmatively plead…