Texas Court: MDL Judge Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Unimpaired Docket

HOUSTON - A Texas appeals court has upheld a decision by the judge overseeing the state's MDL asbestos docket that refused an attempt by defendants to established a so-called 'inactive' or 'unimpaired' docket, HarrisMartin Publishing is reporting. In Re: Union Carbide Corp., et al., No. 14-04-00538 (Texas Ct. App., 14th Dist.).

In a Sept. 23 opinion denying the mandamus petitions of several defendants named in Texas state court asbestos suits, the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals held that Texas MDL Judge Mark Davidson did not abuse his discretion when he ruled that an unimpaired docket would violate Texas law, as …