Allstate Insurance Company v. Margaret Jordan

ACCEPTED 06-15-00042-cv SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 12/18/2015 2:30:26 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK No. 06-15-00042-CV FILED IN IN THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS 6th COURT OF APPEALS WACO, TEXAS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 12/18/2015 2:30:26 PM DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. MARGARET JORDAN, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON APPEAL FROM THE 170th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF MCLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS, NO. 2014-243-4 JOINT MOTION F O R EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEFS TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"), and Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Margaret Jordan ("Jordan") file this Joint Motion to Extend Time to File Briefs and would show this Court the following: 1. Allstate's and Jordan's appellate briefs are due on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Allstate and Jordan request an extension of thirty (30) days, or until January 29, 2016, to file their briefs. 2. Jordan's counsel has a pre-paid vacation during the Christmas holidays and needs additional time to review the appellate record and prepare Jordan's brief. Allstate's JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO F I L E BRIEFS - PAGE 1 2324820vl 03645.012 counsel has a brief due in another case on December 28, 2015. She will also need additional time to review the appellate record in this case and prepare Allstate's brief. Therefore, Allstate joins this request for an extension of time to file its brief as well. 3. This is the parties' first request for extension of time to file their briefs. 4. For these reasons, Allstate and Jordan respectfully request an extension of time until January 29, 2016, to file their appellate briefs. Allstate and Jordan also request such other and further relief to which they are justly entitled. Allstate and Jordan pray that the Court grant this Joint Motion for Extension of Time. They also pray for such other relief to which they may be justly entitled. Respectfully submitted, /s/Jacquelyn Chandler Jacquelyn Chandler State Bar No. 24001866 Roger D. Higgins State Bar No. 09601500 THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS, L.L.P. th 700 North Pearl Street, 25 Floor Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: (214) 871-8200 Facsimile: (214) 871-8209 Email: jchandler@thompsoncoe.com Email: rhiggins@thompsoncoe.com JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO F I L E BRIEFS - PAGE 2 2324820vl 03645.012 John M . Causey State Bar No. 04019100 P. O. Box 3188 Conroe, Texas 77305-3188 (936) 441-4673 - Metro (93 6) 441 -4674 - Telecopier Email: John@hope-causey. com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT/ CROSS-APPELLEE ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY /s/David G. Tekell (**w/permission) David G. Tekell State Bar No. 19763950 T E K E L L & ATKINS, L . L . P . P. O. Box 23248 Waco, TX 76702-3248 Telephone: 254-776-5095 Facsimile: 254-776-5091 Email: david@tekellatkins.com ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE/ CROSS-APPELLANT MARGARET JORDAN CERTIFICATE OFSERVICE I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was sent to all counsel of record via electronic notice and/or certified mail, return receipt requested on this 18th day of December, 2015. By: /s/Jacquelyn Chandler Jacquelyn Chandler JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO F I L E BRIEFS - PAGE 3 2324820vl 03645.012 STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF DALLAS § BEFORE ME, the undersigned notary public, on this day personally appeared Jacquelyn Chandler who being by me first duly sworn, on her oath, deposed and said that she is the lead appellate counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, Appellant/Cross- Appellee, in this case, and that she has read this Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Briefs and that the statements contained within are, based upon information and belief, true and correct. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME by Jacquelyn Chandler on this the 18th day of December, 2015, to certify which witness my hand and official seal. Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires: ^-fl-H JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO F I L E BRIEFS - PAGE 4 2324820vl 03645.012