O.C.S., Inc. v. Pi Energy Corp.

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

O.C.S., Inc., a/k/a Oilwell Control Services (OCS), and Steve Clark, appellants, challenge a judgment awarding $5,703,000, plus attorney’s fees and costs to appellee, Pi Energy Corporation (PI). OCS and Clark present six issues challenging the authority of the trial judge to enter the judgment, which they claim is void. We are asked to address whether a sitting, elected, “regular” judge, who was assigned to hear a motion to recuse the trial judge, is subject to peremptory objection under section 74.053(b) of the Government Code; whether an order issued in another…