in Re: Anna C. Smith

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 18, 2010
• Docket: 06-10-00116-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-10-00116-CV

                                                        IN RE:  ANNA C. SMITH

                                                     Original Mandamus Proceeding

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                            Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley

                                                     MEMORANDUM  OPINION

            Jason Allen Boyd sued Anna C. Smith for damages allegedly arising from a motor vehicle collision.  The case was tried to a jury on June 29, 2010.  The jury returned a verdict for the defense, finding that Boyd’s negligence proximately caused the collision.  On July 12, 2010, the trial court signed a take-nothing judgment.  Boyd moved for a new trial.  The trial court did not rule on the motion within the seventy-five-day time period specified by Rule 329b(c) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; therefore, the motion was overruled by operation of law.  Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(c).  On October 8, 2010, the trial court signed an order granting a new trial, and setting the new trial for April 5, 2011.  The order did not specify the trial court’s reasons for granting the new trial. 

            By petition for writ of mandamus, we are asked to order the trial court to specify its reasons for disregarding the jury’s verdict and granting a new trial.  However, after Smith filed her petition for writ of mandamus, the trial court entered a revised order that specified the court’s reasons for granting a new trial.  

            Therefore, we deny Smith’s petition as moot.

                                                                        Bailey C. Moseley

                                                                        Justice

Date Submitted:          November 17, 2010

Date Decided:             November 18, 2010