Mealey's (February 13, 2019, 9:32 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A Texas appellate court on Feb. 12 declined en banc reconsideration, leaving stand a ruling allowing a widow’s suit claiming that Jefferson County fatally exposed a former judge in its employ to asbestos (Jefferson County, Texas v. Ellarene Farris, et al., No. 01-17-00493-CV, Texas App., 1st Dist.)....