Essex Insurance Company v. Rafael Zuniga

ACCEPTED 04-15-00587-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 9/24/2015 4:55:25 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-15-00587-CV FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS In the Fourth District Court of Appeals SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS San Antonio, Texas 09/24/2015 4:55:25 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. RAFAEL ZUNIGA, Appellee. On Appeal from the 229th Judicial District Court Duval County, Texas Cause No. DC-13-112-A JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(2), Appellant Essex Insurance Company (“Appellant”), and Appellee Rafael Zuniga (“Appellee”), jointly move the Court to dismiss this appeal. 1. Appellant and Appellee are the sole parties to this appeal. 2. Appellant and Appellee have fully settled all matters between them related to the subject matter of the appeal and wish to dismiss the appeal to effectuate their settlement. 1 3. As indicated by their signatures below, both Appellant and Appellee join in this motion, and the parties will bear their own costs associated with the appeal. CONCLUSION AND PRAYER For these reasons, Appellant and Appellee respectfully request that the Court dismiss this appeal and assess costs of the appeal against the party incurring same. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Joseph A. Ziemianski Joseph A. Ziemianski State Bar No. 00797732 E-mail: jziemianski@cozen.com Bryan P. Vezey State Bar No. 00788583 E-mail: bvezey@cozen.com COZEN O’CONNOR One Houston Center 1221 McKinney St., Suite 2900 Houston, Texas 77010 Telephone: (832) 214-3900 Telecopier: (832) 214-3905 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT, ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY 2 /s/ Robert P. Wilson *Signed by Permission Robert P. Wilson State Bar No. 21718575 rwilson@thomasjhenrylaw.com Roger L. Turk State Bar No. 00788561 rlturk@thomasjhenrylaw.com LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS J. HENRY 521 Starr Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Telephone: (361) 985-0600 Facsimile: (361) 985-0601 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE, RAFAEL ZUNIGA CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE The undersigned counsel certifies that I communicated with Robert Wilson, counsel for Appellee, on September 24, 2015, regarding this motion to dismiss appeal, and he stated that his client joins in the relief sought in this motion. /s/ Bryan P. Vezey Bryan P. Vezey 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On September 24, 2015, I electronically filed this Joint Motion to Dismiss Appeal with the Clerk of the Court using the eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing system, which will send notification of such filing to the following (unless otherwise noted below). Robert P. Wilson Roger L. Turk LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS J. HENRY 521 Starr Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Facsimile: (361) 985-0601 E-mail: rwilson@thomasjhenrylaw.com E-mail: rlturk@thomasjhenrylaw.com Attorneys for Appellee, Rafael Zuniga /s/ Joseph A. Ziemianski Joseph A. Ziemianski 4