Texas MDL Agrees To Transfer 11 Hurricane Harvey Suits To Single Pretrial Court

Mealey's (August 1, 2018, 8:35 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas multidistrict litigation panel on July 27 unanimously granted an insurer’s motion to transfer 11 Hurricane Harvey lawsuits to a single pretrial court for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings, finding that transfer of the related cases would result in a “more efficient pretrial” (In Re: Farmers Insurance Company Hurricane Harvey Litigation, MDL No. 18-0547, Texas MDL, 2018 Tex. LEXIS 737)....