Legal Opinion
Steward v. Colonial Casualty Insurance Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided June 2, 2004No. 10-01-00085-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELIPE REYNA, Justice.
Mark Steward appeals from an order denying reinstatement of his suit against Colonial Casualty Insurance Company after the court dismissed the suit for want of prosecution. Steward complains that the court abused its discretion by not reinstating the suit because (1) his failure to file a motion to retain was not intentional or the result of conscious indifference, (2) he had no notice of the court’s intent to dismiss the suit, and (8) the dismissal violated his right to due process.
Background
Steward filed suit on March 3, 1998, against Colonial Casualty Insurance…
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