Wilmer Loja, M.D., Wilmer E. Loja, M.D., P.A., Wilmer E. Loja, and Associates, P.A. v. Mallory Cotton and Jeramy Bridges, Individually and as Next Friends, Natural Parents, and Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Baby Boy Bridges ( 2022 )

NUMBERS 13-21-00415-CV; 13-21-00433-CV; 13-21-00434-CV; 13-21-00435-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG VHS HARLINGEN HOSPITAL COMPANY, LLC D/B/A VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER-HARLINGEN, KRISHNA MOHAN TURLAPATI, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A VALLEY PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE AND HOSPITALIST SERVICE, WILMER LOJA, M.D., WILMER E. LOJA, M.D., P.A., WILMER E. LOJA, AND ASSOCIATES, P.A., RAFAEL VILLALOBOS-NIETO, M.D. AND RAFAEL VILLALOBOS-NIETO, M.D., P.A., Appellants, v. MALLORY COTTON AND JERAMY BRIDGES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS, NATURAL PARENTS, AND AS WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF BABY BOY BRIDGES, Appellees. On appeal from the 103rd District Court of Cameron County, Texas. ORDER OF ABATEMENT Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina Order Per Curiam Before the Court is appellants’ joint motion to abate and stay appellate cause numbers 13-21-00415-CV, 13-21-00433-CV, 13-21-00434-CV, and 13-21-00435-CV for a period of fifty days in order to supplement the appellate records. The Court previously consolidated the appeals for briefing purposes. Under the current briefing schedule, appellants’ briefs are due Monday, April 11, 2022, appellees’ brief is due Friday, April 22, 2022, and any reply briefs are due Thursday, May 12, 2022. Having reviewed the motion, the Court grants the motion and orders the appeals abated and stayed for fifty (50) days. The cases will be reinstated without further order of the Court on May 12, 2022. Accordingly, the Court modifies the joint briefing schedule as follows: appellants’ briefs are now due Tuesday, May 31, 2022, appellees’ brief is due Tuesday, June 21, 2022, and any reply briefs are due Tuesday, July 12, 2022. PER CURIAM Delivered and filed on the 23rd day of March, 2022. 2