in Re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Relator

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-18-00116-CV IN RE STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, RELATOR ORIGINAL PROCEEDING May 18, 2018 OPINION Before CAMPBELL and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 169 creates an expedited actions process for lawsuits in which all claimants affirmatively plead that they seek only monetary damages aggregating $100,000 or less. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 169.1 However, a court must remove a suit from this expedited process on the motion of a party and a showing of good cause. See Rule 169(c)(1). Relator and…