COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-17-00269-CV
In re Old Republic Insurance § Original Proceeding
Company
§ From the 48th District Court
§ of Tarrant County (048-281264-15)
§ September 28, 2017
§ Per Curiam
JUDGMENT
We conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus. We direct
Respondent, the Honorable Fred Davis, Senior Judge sitting for the Honorable
David Evans, to vacate his August 11, 2017 “Order Denying Defendant’s Plea to
the Jurisdiction” and to abate the trial court proceedings pending the resolution
by the Division of Workers’ Compensation of the extent and compensability of
Trena Jones’s injury for lifetime-income benefit purposes. Because we are
confident that Respondent will follow our directive, the writ will issue only if he
fails to do so.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
PER CURIAM