in Re: Prudential Assurance Company LTD ( 2004 )

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April 6, 2004

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April 6, 2004.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-04-00269-CV

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IN RE THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, CORNHILL INSURANCE PLC, ALLIANZ INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., SKANDIA MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (UK) LTD., THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD., SPHERE DRAKE INSURANCE PLC, THE TOKIO MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (UK) LTD., THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD., ZURICH RE (UK) LTD., and SYNDICATE SUBSCRIBING TO COVER NOTE 92BA519, Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

On March 23, 2004, relators filed a petition for writ of mandamus and motion for emergency relief in this Court.  See Tex. Gov=t. Code Ann. ' 22.221 (Vernon Supp. 2003); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.  On March 26, 2004, this court granted the motion for emergency relief and ordered a stay of the deposition of Bettye A. Barrios.

We deny relator=s petition for writ of mandamus and order the stay of the trial court=s order in trial court cause number 2001-49363, styled Lexington Insurance Company v. Advanced Wirecloth Inc., et. al. v. Allianz International Insurance Company Ltd be lifted.

PER CURIAM

Petition Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April 6, 2004.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and Hudson.