Opinion issued August 27, 2008

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NO. 01-08-00476-CV

IN RE ARDYCE HUTSON, JEANNE C. POISSON, JESSE REDDICK, DOYLON WASHINGTON, AND GREGORY HUNTER, Relators

Original Proceeding On Petition For Writ Of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

By petition for writ of mandamus, relators, Ardyce Hutson, Jeanne C. Poisson, Jesse Reddick, Doylon Washington, and Gregory Hunter challenge the trial court’s April 18, 2008 multi-district litigation pre-trial order that requires separate trials before separate juries in certain asbestos cases on the issue of statute of limitations.

We deny the petition for writ of mandamus as to relators Ardyce Hutson, Jesse Reddick, Doylon Washington, and Gregory Hunter. We dismiss the petition of relator Jeanne C. Poisson, individually and as personal representative of the heirs and estate of Sandra Mae Conrad, as moot, as the claims in that cause have been resolved. We lift our stay order of June 12, 2008.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Keyes, and Bland.