Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III, LP Legend Natural Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Group, LP And Lewis Petro Properties, Inc ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED 04-14-00899-cv FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 5/21/2015 11:38:33 AM KEITH HOTTLE GARCIA & VILLARREAL, PLLC CLERK Attorneys at Law ____________________ Francisco R. Villarreal 4311 N. McColl Rd. Telephone: FILED 956-630-0081 IN panchov@gvlaw.net McAllen, Texas 78504 4th Facsimile: COURT OF 956-630-3631 APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS May 21, 2015 05/21/2015 11:38:33 AM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk Hon. Keith E. Hottle Via Electronic Submission Clerk, Fourth Court of Appeals Cadena-Reeves Justice Center 300 Dolorosa, Suite 200 San Antonio, Texas 78205-3037 Re: Cause No. 04-14-00899-CV Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on behalf of The Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez, Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III L.P., et al. Dear Mr. Hottle: The undersigned is counsel for the Appellee, XTO Energy, Inc., in the above-referenced proceeding. Appellee respectfully requests that you forward this letter brief to the justices on the Court who are handling this matter. A copy of this letter is also being served on counsel for all the parties. Counsel for XTO Energy, Inc. has received and reviewed all of the briefing filed by the other appellees in this proceeding, including: Rosetta Resources Operating Co., Inc., Virtex Operating Co. Inc. and Virtex Holdings, L.L.P., Enterprise Products Holdings, LLC and Enterprise Products Co., Lewis Energy Group, LP and Lewis Petro Properties, Inc., and Legend Natural Gas III, LP and Legend Natural Gas, LLC. The trial court’s final judgment in this matter was in favor of XTO Energy, Inc. and disposed of all of the claims raised by the Appellants Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on behalf of The Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez, Jr. against XTO Energy, Inc. (CR 147) Because XTO Energy, Inc. is similarly situated and in the same position as the other appellees in this matter, and rather than file an additional brief of its own, XTO Energy, Inc. formally joins in and adopts by reference here all of the arguments previously submitted to this Court by the other appellee parties in favor of affirming the final judgment of the trial court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.7. As a result, and for all of the reasons raised in the prior briefing submitted to this Court by the other appellees in this matter, XTO Energy, Inc. respectfully requests that this Court affirm the trial court’s judgment in favor of XTO Energy, Inc. in all respects. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Francisco R. Villarreal Jose E. Garcia State Bar No. 07636780 Francisco Rene Villarreal State Bar No. 00789706 GARCIA & VILLARREAL, PLLC 4311 North McColl Road McAllen, Texas 78502 956-630-0081 956-630-3631 Facsimile panchov@gvlaw.net Attorneys for Appellee, XTO Energy, Inc. 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true copy of this document was served via the e-filing system (if the individual was registered for service) and as shown below on May 21, 2015. Jeffrey L. Dorrell HANSZEN LAPORTE, L.L.P. William A. Abernethy 11767 Katy Fwy., Ste. 850 DONNELL ABERNETHY Houston, TX 77079 & KIESCHNICK, P.C. Email: jdorrell@hanszenlaporte.com 555 N. Carancahua, Ste. 1700 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-0583 Isaac J. Huron Email: babernathy@dakpc.com DAVIS CEDILLO & MENDOZA, INC. E. Michael Rodriguez McCombs Plaza, Suite 500 ATLAS HALL & 755 E. Mulberry Ave. RODRIGUEZ, L.L.P. San Antonio, Texas 78212 PO Box 6369 Email: ihuron@lawdcm.com 50 W. Morrison Rd., Ste. A Brownsville, Texas 78523-6369 David L. Ortega Email: mrodriguez@atlashall.com Richard McNitzky NAMAN HOWELL Brian Miller SMITH & LEE, PLLC VICKERY & WILLIAMS, L.L.P. Union Square II Frost Bank Plaza, Suite 1300 10001 Reunion Place, Suite #600 802 N. Carancahua St. San Antonio, Texas 78216 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Email: dortega@namanhowell.com Email: brian.miller@roystonlaw.com rmcnitzky@namanhowell.com /s/ F.R.Villarreal Francisco R. Villarreal 3