Legal Opinion
Abel v. Surgitek
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided May 5, 1998No. 04-97-00991-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal of a trial court’s order granting a motion to transfer venue based on improper joinder. Appellees filed a motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction which we have taken with the case.1 Finding that we have jurisdiction to *35consider this appeal, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings.
Background
The appellants are 106 plaintiffs who sued Surgitek, a Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Medical Engineering Corp., Tolbert Wilkinson,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. TippsTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Nathaniel MOSLEY Et Al., Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Ruiz v. Conoco, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1994
- In re Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Surgitek, Bristol-Myers Corp. v. AbelTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Blalock Prescription Center, Inc. v. Lopez-Guerra, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1999
- Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. GoldstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. American General Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2009
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