Opinion
NUMBER 13-18-00616-CV
08-21-2020
ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. FERNANDO R. RODRIGUEZ AND GWENDLE GARZA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF DRAVEN RODRIGUEZ AND JOLIVIE RODRIGUEZ, MINOR CHILDREN, Appellees.
On appeal from the 24th District Court of Victoria County, Texas.
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
Before Justices Hinojosa, Perkes, and Tijerina
Order Per Curiam
The Supreme Court of Texas has requested briefing on the merits in response to a petition for review filed in Allstate Ins. Co. v. Irwin, ___ S.W.3d ___, No. 04-18-00293- CV, 2019 WL 3937281 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Aug. 21, 2019, pet. filed). A petition for review has also been filed in Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Inclan, No. 13-19-00026-CV, 2020 WL 373061, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg Jan. 23, 2020, pet. filed) (mem. op.). Both cases concern issues raised in the instant appeal. Judicial economy dictates that we should abate the instant appeal pending the potential guidance that the supreme court's disposition of Irwin and Inclan may provide. The parties are assured that upon reinstatement they will be afforded an opportunity to brief what impact, if any, these two cases have on the instant appeal. Accordingly, this appeal is ABATED and removed from the Court's active docket pending further order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 21st day of August, 2020.