In this dispute over the primacy of jurisdictional lanes, we agree with J.B. The occupants of the car claimed, and the Dallas County court agreed, that exceptions to the first-filed rule apply and the Dallas County court has dominant jurisdiction. Hunt filed a plea in abatement in the Dallas County court, arguing that the Waller County court, where suit was first filed, has dominant jurisdiction. Hunt in Dallas County to recover personal-injury damages. Hunt sued the occupants in Waller County to recover property-damage costs. The vehicle’s occupants were injured, and one ultimately died. Hunt tractor-trailer traveling on I-10 in Waller County struck a disabled vehicle that had entered the tractor-trailer’s lane. This is a case about traffic and jurisdictional lanes. On any given day, Americans pedal along bike lanes, hurl balls down bowling lanes, and take aim in gun-range shooting lanes. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC., RELATOR ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS Argued MaJUSTICE WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court. It would be odd and premature to require a potential litigant sit on his hands because his claim, viable though it may be, could be countered by an equally viable claim. Hunt’s conduct was inequitable, the occupants failed to allege that the conduct caused their delay, if any, in filing suit. The occupants do not dispute whether their claims in the Dallas County suit were the subject of a pending action at the time of the Waller County petition, nor that the subject matter of the claims in the two suits otherwise satisfies the compulsory-counterclaim rule. Hunt that the Waller County court has dominant jurisdiction. The Supreme Court of Texas agreed with J.B. The occupants of the car claimed, and the Dallas County court agreed, that exceptions to the first-filed rule applied, so the Dallas County court had dominant jurisdiction. The vehicle’s occupants were injured one ultimately died. Hunt’s tractor-trailer traveling on I-10 in Waller County struck a disabled vehicle that had entered the tractor-trailer’s lane.
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