The Supreme Court of Texas has stated:
Although a goal of our system is to resolve lawsuits with “great expedition and dispatch and at the least expense,” the supreme objective of the courts is “to obtain a just, fair, equitable and impartial adjudication of the rights of litigants under established principles of substantive law.” This means that “convenience and economy must yield to a paramount concern for a fair and impartial trial.” And basic to the right to a fair trial–indeed, basic to the very essence of the adversarial process–is that each party have the opportunity to adequately and vigorously present any material claims and defenses.
Southwestern Refining Co., Inc. v. Bernal, 22 S.W.3d 425, 437 (Tex.2000)(citations omitted).