Legal Opinion
City of McAllen v. Ramirez
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 24, 1994No. 13-94-054-CVPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
The City of McAllen brings the present mandamus proceeding to prevent the trial court from continuing to exercise jurisdiction over a cause of action which the city contends became final thirty days after it was dismissed for want of prosecution. We conditionally grant the writ.
The real party in interest, David Hasler, brought a workers’ compensation lawsuit against the city based on a 1989 injury. After a series of settlement negotiations and other pre-trial matters which we consider irrelevant to the present question of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Veterans' Land Board of Texas v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Butts v. Capitol City Nursing Home, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
- McConnell v. MayTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- First Alief Bank v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Ozuna v. Southwest Bio-Clinical Laboratories, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1989
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Natividad v. Alexsis, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1994
- In Re Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- South Main Bank v. Wittig, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
- Sierra Club v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- Twist v. McAllen National Bank, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
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