Edward Guy Walker and Manuel Contreras v. Presidium, Inc., Hertz Corporation, Hertz Claim Management Company, and Allstate Indemnity Company

Becker v. State

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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EDWARD GUY WALKER and                         ) 

MANUEL CONTRERAS,                               )                  No. 08-06-00027-CV

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                                    Appellants,                       )                              Appeal from

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v.                                                                          )                  County Court at Law No. 6

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PRESIDIUM, INC., HERTZ CORPORATION,)                  of El Paso County, Texas

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT                    )

COMPANY, and ALLSTATE INDEMNITY     )                  (TC# 2002-1262)

COMPANY,                                                        )

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                                    Appellees.                        )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Pending before the Court is Appellants’ motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the trial court’s judgment is not final. We dismiss the appeal.

            Appellate courts generally have jurisdiction over final judgments and such interlocutory orders as the legislature deems appealable. Tex.Civ.Prac.&Rem.Code Ann. § 51.012 (Vernon 1997) and § 51.014 (Vernon Supp. 2006); Ruiz v. Ruiz, 946 S.W.2d 123, 124 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1997, no writ). It appears that the order granting Allstate Indemnity Company’s motion for summary judgment is not a final judgment. Accordingly, we grant Appellants’ motion and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

August 31, 2006                                                         

                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.