DENY and Opinion Filed October 21, 2014
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01156-CV
IN RE LIFE PARTNERS, INC., LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC.,
BRIAN D. PARDO, AND R. SCOTT PEDEN, Relators
Original Proceeding from the 191st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-11-10639
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices O'Neill, Lang, and Brown
Opinion by Justice Brown
Relators filed this petition for writ of mandamus asking the Court to order the trial court
to vacate its orders denying relators’ motions to exclude the testimony of three expert witnesses
and to enter new orders excluding the witnesses. The facts and issues are well known to the
parties so we do not recount them here. Ordinarily, to obtain mandamus relief, a relator must
show both that the trial court has clearly abused its discretion and that relator has no adequate
remedy on appeal. In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig.
proceeding). Based on the record before us, we conclude relators have not shown they are
entitled to the relief requested. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833,
839–40 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we DENY relators’ petition for writ of
mandamus.
In their response to the petition for writ of mandamus, the real parties in interest have
asked the Court to sanction relators. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.11. We DENY the request for
sanctions.
/Ada Brown/
ADA BROWN
JUSTICE
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