Opinion
14-24-00187-CV
03-20-2024
IN RE UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY; PERFORMANCE MATERIALS NA, INC.; MOBILE MINI TANK & PUMP SOLUTIONS, INC.; SPRINT TRANSPORT,LLC; STEVEN DODDS; ALPHA TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION, LC D/B/A QUALA RAIL & SPECIALTY; AND QUALAWASH HOLDINGS, LLC, Relators
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 113th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2020-13324
Panel Consists of Chief Justice Christopher, Justices Zimmerer, and Wilson.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, relators Union Carbide Corporation; The Dow Chemical Company; Performance Materials NA, Inc.; Mobile Mini Tank & Pump Solutions, Inc.; Sprint Transport, LLC; Steven Dodds; Alpha Technical Services Corporation, LC D/B/A Quala Rail & Specialty; and Qualawash Holdings, LLC, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relators ask this court to order the Honorable Rabeea Sultan Collier, Judge of the 113th District Court, in Harris County, Texas, to set aside her order dated February 20, 2024, entered in trial court number 2020-13324. Relators claims respondent abused her discretion by granting real parties in interest's motion to compel relators to provide expert reports at least seven days before their respective depositions in her February 20, 2024 order.
On March 20, 2024, relators also filed a motion for temporary stay of February 20, 2024 order. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10.
It appears from the facts stated in the petition and motion that relators' request for relief requires further consideration and that relators will be prejudiced unless immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relators' motion and issue the following order:
We ORDER the trial court's February 20, 2024 order in trial court cause number 2020-13324, STAYED until a final decision by this court on relator's petition for writ of mandamus, or until further order of this court.