gray-ritter-graham-pc-wolf-haldenstein-adler-freeman-herz-llc ( 2014 )

NUMBER 13-14-00310-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
GRAY, RITTER & GRAHAM, PC; WOLF Appellants,
HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN &
HERZ, LLC; NEBLETT BEARD &
ARSENAULT, LLP; DON M. DOWNING;
AND ADAM J. LEVITT,
v.
GOLDMAN PHIPPS PLLC F/K/A
GOLDMAN PENNEBAKER & PHIPPS,
PC; MIKAL C. WATTS, PC; AND
MURRAY LAW FIRM,
Appellees.
On Appellants’ Emergency Motion to
Stay All Proceedings in the Underlying Lawsuit.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Appellants Gray, Ritter & Graham, PC, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz,
LLC, Neblett Beard & Arsenault, LLP, Don M. Downing, and Adam J. Levitt perfected an
interlocutory appeal from an order rendered by the County Court at Law Number 3 of
Nueces County, Texas, in trial court cause number 2012-CCV-62122-3, denying
appellants’ special appearance. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(7)
(West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (authorizing interlocutory appeal of order granting
or denying special appearance). Appellants have filed an “Emergency Motion to Stay All
Proceedings in the Underlying Lawsuit” during the pendency of the appeal. Appellees
Goldman Phipps PLLC f/k/a Goldman Pennebaker & Phipps, PC, Mikal C. Watts, PC,
and Murray Law Firm filed a response to the motion.
Having reviewed appellants’ motion and appellees’ response, we hereby GRANT
the motion in part and DENY it in part. We order all proceedings in trial court cause
number 2012-CCV-62122-3 STAYED until further order of this Court, EXCEPT that the
stay shall not apply to discovery requests propounded upon any party that is not named
as an appellant in this appeal. Any such discovery requests shall proceed during the
pendency of this appeal according to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Order delivered and filed the
25th day of September, 2014.
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