in Re: Texas Farmers Insurance Company

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § § No. 08-13-00120-CV IN RE: TEXAS FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY, § AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING Relator. § IN MANDAMUS § § MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Texas Farmers Insurance Company, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus against the Honorable Angie Juarez Barill, Judge of the 346th District Court of El Paso County Texas. Relator asks the Court to issue a writ of mandamus requiring Respondent: (1) to vacate her orders denying a plea in abatement and a motion to compel appraisal, as well as her orders denying Relator’s motions to reconsider; and (2) to order appraisal and sever the extra- contractual claims from the breach of contract claim, and/or abate the extra-contractual claims until the breach of contract claim is fully resolved. To be entitled to mandamus relief, a relator must meet two requirements. First, the relator must show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion. In re Prudential Insurance Company of America, 148 S.W.3d 124, 135 (Tex. 2004). Second, the relator must demonstrate that there is no adequate remedy by appeal. In re Prudential Insurance Company of America, 148 S.W.3d at 135-36. Based on the record before us, we conclude that Relator has not established it is entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied. See TEX.R.APP.P. 52.8(a). October 18, 2013 YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ. -2-