Texas Supreme Court Refuses To Disturb MDL’s Transfer Of Hurricane Hanna Suits

Mealey's (June 25, 2021, 1:32 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on June 25 denied an insurer’s petition for writ of mandamus asking the high court to vacate the Texas Multi-District Litigation Panel’s grant of insureds' motion to transfer 40 Hurricane Hanna coverage cases to an MDL pretrial court, squashing the insurer’s argument that the insureds and their counsel “highjacked” the panel’s relatedness test “into an unconstrained sword.”...