Order entered December 1, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-01249-CV
IN RE GEICO ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY AND CELIA STEFL, Relators
Original Proceeding from the 193rd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2-DC-16-06754
ORDER
Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we CONDITIONALLY GRANT the petition
for writ of mandamus, and DIRECT the trial court to render an order vacating the court’s
August 22, 2016 order for separate trials, vacating the court’s September 23, 2016 order denying
motion to reconsider, granting relators’ motion to sever and abate, severing Thorpe’s
extracontractual and unfair settlement claims from the UIM liability claims, and abating the
severed claims.
We ORDER the trial court to file with this Court, within fifteen (15) days of the date of
this order, a certified copy of its order issued in compliance with this order. Should the trial
court fail to comply with this order, the writ will issue.
The stay granted by this Court on November 29, 2016 will remain in effect until the trial
court complies with the Court’s opinion of this date and this order.
/s/ MOLLY FRANCIS
JUSTICE