HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Wednesday, February 08, 2012 

PLACE:       E2.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Jim Jackson 

The Committee will hear invited testimony on the following interim charges:

Charge Number 4 - Study the degree of transparency in asbestos bankruptcy trusts and how it affects litigation of asbestos exposure claims in Texas courts.

Charge Number 6 - Study whether asbestos and silica multidistrict litigation courts should be allowed to dismiss, without prejudice, claims on the courts' inactive dockets for want of prosecution under certain circumstances.