in Re State Farm Lloyds, Richard Freymann, and Ronald Castillo

NUMBER 13-14-00390-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

IN RE STATE FARM LLOYDS, RICHARD FREYMANN,
AND RONALD CASTILLO

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Perkes and Longoria
Memorandum Opinion1 Per Curiam

Relators, State Farm Lloyds, Richard Freymann, and Ronald Castillo, have filed a

petition for writ of mandamus requesting that this Court direct respondent, the Honorable

Rose Guerra Reyna, Presiding Judge of the 206th District Court of Hidalgo County,

Texas, to withdraw her order denying relators’ verified plea in abatement and to enter an

order abating the suit for damages brought against relators by the real parties in interest,

Romeo Benavides Jr. and Evelyn Benavides, until sixty days after they provide relators

1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not
required to do so.”); TEX. R. APP. P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions).
with a notice letter for their claim stating the specific, separate amounts for the claimed

damages and attorney’s fees. See TEX. INS. CODE ANN. § 541.154 (West, Westlaw

through 2013 3d C.S.) (“Prior Notice of Action”); id. § 541.155 (West, Westlaw through

2013 3d C.S.) (“Abatement”); TEX. R. APP. P. 52.1 (“Commencement” of Original

Proceedings). By order previously issued in this cause, this Court granted temporary

relief and requested that the real parties in interest file a response to the petition for writ

of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a),(b). Such response has been duly filed.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus,

the response, the reply, and the applicable law, is of the opinion that the petition for writ

of mandamus should be denied for the reasons expressed in our opinion in In re State

Farm Lloyds, Richard Freymann, and Nathan Burris, No. 13-14-00347-CV, 2014 WL

_____ (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Aug. 27, 2014, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.), available

at http://www.search.txcourts.gov/case.aspx?cn=13-14-00348-CV. Accordingly, the

Court LIFTS the stay previously imposed by this Court and DENIES the petition for writ

of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d).

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
2nd day of September, 2014.

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