In Re Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Brighthouse Life Insurance Company v. the State of Texas

Opinion issued June 18, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00449-CV
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IN RE METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND
BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Brighthouse Life

Insurance Company have filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to vacate

the trial court’s order that denied relators’ motion to strike jury demand.1

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The underlying case is Cheveze D. Pippins, Daniel P. Morris, and Donna M.
O’Brien v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al., cause number 2011-
72341, pending in the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable
Beau A. Miller presiding.
We deny mandamus relief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). Any pending

motions are dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Morgan.

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