In Re Texas Windstorm Insurance Ass'n Hurricanes Rita & Humberto Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
1Opinion of the Court
On Review By The MultidistRict Litigation Panel
Presiding Judge PEEPLES
delivered the opinion of the MDL panel.
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association seeks appointment of a pretrial judge for forty-two cases involving hurricane insurance claims in Jefferson, Galveston, and Travis Counties. 1 Thirty-eight cases arise from Hurricane Rita and four from Hurricane Humberto. For the reasons stated below we grant the motion. A pretrial judge has been appointed by separate order.
Rule 13 authorizes us to transfer “related” cases from different trial courts to a single pretrial judge “if transfer will (1)…
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