Texas Panel Partially Grants Mandamus To Contractor In Negligent Construction Suit

Mealey's ( March 22, 2023, 9:37 AM EDT) -- EL PASO, Texas — A contractor is entitled to mandamus relief on an indemnification claim and part of a contribution claim brought in a third-party claim filed by an architecture firm that was sued for construction defects because the firm had no basis in law to assert the claims, a Texas appellate panel held in partially granting the contractor’s petition filed in response to a trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the claims....