in Re: Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit Company, Standard Fruit Company, and Standard Fruit and Steamship Co.

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedApril 10, 2007
Docket14-06-00870-CV
StatusPublished

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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 10, 2007

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 10, 2007.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-06-00870-CV

IN RE DOLE FOOD CO., INC., DOLE FRESH FRUIT CO.,

STANDARD FRUIT CO., AND STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP CO.,

Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

On October 6, 2006, relators, Dole Food Co., Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit Co., Standard Fruit Co., and Standard Fruit and Steamship Co., filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court, requesting we compel the Honorable Susan Criss, presiding judge of the 212th Judicial District Court, Galveston County, Texas, to (1) vacate her ruling that depositions and independent medical examinations be conducted in Costa Rica, and (2) grant relators= request to order plaintiffs= spouses to submit to medical and psychological examinations.  See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. 


On March 28, 2007, relators filed a motion to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot because the parties have reached a settlement in the underlying litigation.  We grant the motion to dismiss.

Accordingly, relators= petition for writ of mandamus is ordered dismissed.     

PER CURIAM

Petition Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April 10, 2007.

Panel consists of Justices Fowler, Edelman, and Frost.

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