C. Diane Christensen Et Al. Petitioners v. Integrity Insurance Company

This case requires us to decide whether the trial court abused its discretion when it temporarily enjoined C. Diane Christensen and the other petitioners from proceeding with a California lawsuit. The Harris County District Court granted Integrity Insurance Company a temporary injunction prohibiting Christensen, Manzanita Management Corporation, and Allen D. Christensen, as Trustee of the Allen D. Christensen Family Trust, from pursuing a lawsuit against Integrity and numerous other defendants in the California Superior Court. The court of appeals, with one justice dissenting, held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion. 709 S.W.2d 724. Because of the dissent, we have jurisdiction over this cause. Gannon v. Payne, 706 S.W.2d 304, 305 (Tex. 1986). We hold that the trial court did abuse its discretion and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and order the injunction dissolved.