Local attorney Rene Rodriguez, state representative Jaime Capelo and their attorneys were back in court Thursday trying to resolve which of two district court judges would hear their case. Lawyers for Rodriguez filed a motion in district court to transfer a case from Judge Sandra Watts' 117th District Court to Judge Rose Vela's 148th District Court. Vela was mentioned in a federal suit against Capelo and Rodriguez as providing lax oversight in a personal injury case stemming from a 1997 explosion at a local refinery owned by Citgo Refining Inc. The lawyer opposing Capelo and Rodriguez, J.A. "Tony" Canales, filed documents opposing the transfer to Vela.
Posted by Editor at October 10, 2003 10:24 AM