in Re Knight Transportation

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 27, 2022
• Docket: 01-22-00691-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER

Appellate case name: In re Knight Transportation, Inc., Knight Refrigerated LLC, and Ganifo Soumaoro

Appellate case number: 01-22-00691-CV

Trial court case number: 2021-63901

Trial court: 270th District Court of Harris County

Relators, Knight Transportation, Inc., Knight Refrigerated LLC, and Ganifo Soumaoro, have filed a petition for writ of mandamus and a corresponding motion for temporary relief to stay the trial court’s order signed on June 27, 2022, which denied relators Ganifo Soumaoro and Knight Transportation, Inc.’s amended motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens. We grant the motion for temporary relief and stay the underlying proceedings in Cause No. 2021-63901, Mark Morgan, individually, Mark Morgan as personal representative of the estate of Denise Phillips, and Robert Morgan v. Ganifo Soumaoro, Knight Transportation, Inc., and Knight Refrigerated LLC, in the 270th District Court of Harris County, Texas. This order will remain in effect until relators’ petition for writ of mandamus is finally decided or until further order from this Court. The Court requests a response to the petition for writ of mandamus from real parties in interest Mark Morgan, individually, Mark Morgan as personal representative of the estate of Denise Phillips, and Robert Morgan. The response is due thirty days from the date of this order. It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: __________/s/ Julie Countiss___________ Acting individually

Date: September 27, 2022