Opinion issued March 2, 2007

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-06-01105-CV

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IN RE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, WARREN PUMPS, L.L.C., AND INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

Relators, General Electric Company, Warren Pumps, L.L.C., and Ingersoll-Rand Company have filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of Judge Davidson's ⁽¹⁾ November 3, 2006 order denying their motions to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens.

We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8 (a),(d).

We withdraw our order dated January 26, 2007, staying the underlying case in the trial court. All other pending motions filed in this cause number with the Clerk of this Court are denied as moot.

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Alcala, and Hanks.

1. The Honorable Mark Davidson, judge of the 11th District Court of Harris County, Texas. The underlying lawsuit is Austin Richards & Gwendolyn Richards v. Acrowood Corp., et al., trial court cause no. 2006-22116.