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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Adams v. Baxter Healthcare Corp..

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1 Adams v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. Anchor
texapp · 1999
green “the mere fact that a trial court may decide a matter within its discretionary authority in a different manner than an appellate court in a similar circumstance does not demonstrate that an abuse of discretion has occurred.” 3
2 In Re Ben E. Keith Co., Inc.
texapp · 2006
green “not so interwoven with the personal injury action that they involve the same facts and issues, they were properly severable.” 3
3 In Re Foremost Insurance Co.
texapp · 1998
green “severance of claims under the texas rules of civil procedure rests within the sound discretion of the trial court.” 3
4 Landers v. East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co.
tex · 1952
green “where the tortious acts of two or more wrongdoers join to produce an indivisible injury, that is, an injury which from its nature cannot be apportioned with reasonable certainty to the individual wrongdoers . . . the injured party may proceed to judgment . . . against all in one…” 3
5 Hamilton v. Hamilton
tex · 1955
green “a trial court properly exercises its discretion in severing claims when: (1) the controversy involves more than one cause of action; (2) the severed claim is one that could be asserted independently in a separate lawsuit; and (3) the severed actions are not so interwoven with th…” 3

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