ACCEPTED
04-16-00432-CV
04-16-00432-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
7/5/2016 9:36:28 AM
KEITH HOTTLE
CLERK
CAUSE NO. 2013-CI-00118
JESSE RIVERA AND KATHY RIVERA §
AS NEXT FRIENDS OF § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
FILED IN
JESSE RIVERA, JR. A MINOR § 4th COURT OF APPEALS
CHILD § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Plaintiffs § 07/05/16 9:36:28 AM
§ 408th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
KEITH E. HOTTLE
VS. § Clerk
§
AUDI AG and VOLKSWAGEN §
GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. §
Defendants § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS
DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
Defendants Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Defendants”) file
this notice of appeal and show the Court the following:
1. This appeal is from the 408th District Court of Bexar County, Texas, the
Honorable Larry Noll presiding.
2. Defendants desire to appeal from the trial court’s Final Judgment, signed on
April 4, 2016, in the above-styled and numbered case.
3. This notice and appeal encompass the rulings, declarations, and awards adverse
to Defendants in the Final Judgment, as well as all pre-trial and post-trial orders
and rulings adverse to Defendants that were incorporated into, merged into,
issued concurrently with, and/or were relied upon in making the Final Judgment,
and also any post-judgment orders or rulings adverse to Defendants, including
rulings by operation of law.
4. This appeal is taken to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth District of Texas at
San Antonio.
NOTICE OF APPEAL PAGE 1
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Wallace B. Jefferson
WALLACE B. JEFFERSON
State Bar No. 00000019
wjefferson@adjtlaw.com
SUSAN S. VANCE
State Bar No. 24036562
svance@adjtlaw.com
RACHEL A. EKERY
State Bar No. 00787424
rekery@adjtlaw.com
ALEXANDER DUBOSE
JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND LLP
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350
Austin, Texas 78701-3562
Telephone: (512) 482-9300
Telecopier: (512) 482-9303
/s/ Catherine M. Stone
CATHERINE M. STONE
Texas Bar No. 19286000
cstone@langleybanack.com
LANGLEY & BANACK, INC.
745 East Mulberry Avenue, Suite 900
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Telephone: (210) 736-6600
Telecopier: (210) 735-6889
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
AUDI AG AND VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF
AMERICA, INC.
NOTICE OF APPEAL PAGE 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This certifies that this Notice of Appeal was served in accordance with the Texas
Rules of Civil Procedure on the 5th day of July, 2016.
Russell S. Post
rpost@beckredden.com
David M. Gunn
dgunn@beckredden.com
BECK REDDEN LLP
1221 McKinney, Suite 4500
Houston, Texas 77010-2010
Fidel Rodriguez, Jr.
fidel@fidrodlaw.com
Manuel C. Maltos
mmaltos@fidrodlaw.com
111 Soledad, Suite 1300
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Joseph M. Dunn
jdunn@wigrum.com
Jeffrey G. Wigington
jwigington@wigrum.com
123 North Carrizo Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS
JESSE RIVERA AND KATHY
RIVERA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
NEXT FRIENDS OF JESSE RIVERA,
JR., A MINOR
Mr. Dan Pozza
danpozza@yahoo.com
239 E. Commerce Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR
JESSE RIVERA, JR., MINOR CHILD
/s/ Catherine M. Stone
CATHERINE M. STONE
NOTICE OF APPEAL PAGE 3