Similar Lawsuits Pending in Multiple Texas Counties Can Have All Pretrial Matters and Summary Judgment Motions Consolidated and Decided by a Single Court

Posted on Jun 3, 2013

The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure readily permit a single trial court to consolidate cases with common facts or otherwise. But they do not say anything about consolidating cases pending in different counties even where the same material facts are involved. The rules to consolidate “multidistrict” litigation lie within the Texas Rules of Judicial Administration […]