Audi AG and Volkswagon Group of America, Inc. v. Jesse Rivera and Kathy Rivera

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