in Re State Farm Lloyds ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00545-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE STATE FARM LLOYDS
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina
Order Per Curiam
On November 8, 2022, relator State Farm Lloyds filed a petition for writ of
mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to: (1) vacate its order appointing attorney
Derek Salinas as umpire, and (2) render a new order appointing a “qualified umpire under
the terms of the [insurance] policy’s appraisal provision.” Relator also filed a motion for
temporary relief through which it requests that we grant a temporary stay of the trial court’s
order appointing Salinas as umpire.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion for temporary relief,
is of the opinion that it should be granted. Accordingly, we grant the relator’s motion for
temporary relief, and we order the trial court’s September 12, 2022 order appointing
Salinas as umpire to be stayed pending the resolution of this original proceeding or further
order of this Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless vacated or modified, an order
granting temporary relief is effective until the case is finally decided.”).
We request the real party in interest, Bernardo Vela, or any others whose interest
would be directly affected by the relief sought, to file a response to the petition for writ of
mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this order. See id. R.
52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
10th day of November, 2022.
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