Opinion
No. 04-13-00821-CV
11-22-2013
GOLDEN REHABILITATION CENTER L.L.C. dba Golden Estates Rehabilitation Center, Appellant v. Juanita PEREZ, Virginia Garcia, Paul Zapata, and Sylvia Sanchez, Individually and as all Heirs of Elisa Zapata, Appellees
From the 73rd Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2013-CI-06946
Honorable John D. Gabriel, Jr., Judge Presiding
ORDER
This is an accelerated, interlocutory appeal of the trial court's order denying a motion to compel arbitration. Appellant has filed a motion to stay the underlying proceedings pending our disposition of this appeal. Appellant's motion is GRANTED. We ORDER that all further proceedings at the trial court level in cause number 2013-CI-06946 are STAYED pending further order of this court or resolution of this appeal numbered 04-13-00821-CV. See TEX. R. APP. P. 29.3; see also In re Merrill Lynch Trust Co. FSB, 235 S.W.3d 185, 195 (Tex. 2007) ("Both the Federal and Texas Arbitration Acts require courts to stay litigation of issues that are subject to arbitration."); In re Valero Energy Corp., 968 S.W.2d 916, 916 (Tex. 1998) (per curiam) (noting appellate court stayed trial court proceedings pending resolution of interlocutory appeal of order denying motion to compel arbitration).
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Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 22nd day of November, 2013.
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Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court