Opinion
NUMBER 13-19-00489-CV NUMBER 13-19-00490-CV
10-15-2020
G-WIZ TRUCKING, LLC, Appellant, v. GABRIELA IBARRA, Appellee. MARCO KREUSSEL, Appellant, v. GABRIELA IBARRA, Appellee.
On appeal from the 438th District Court of Bexar County, Texas.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Tijerina
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina
Appellants, G-Wiz Trucking, LLC and Marco Kreussel, perfected an appeal in appellate cause numbers 13-19-00489-CV and 13-19-00490-CV from judgments entered by the 438th District Court of Bexar County, Texas in trial court cause numbers 2018-CI- 18956 and 2019-CI-04685. Appellants and appellee, Gabriela Ibarra, filed a joint motion for judgment effectuating the parties' settlement agreement. The motion states that the parties have reached a settlement agreement and request that we vacate the trial court's judgments in both causes, dismiss the appeals in both appellate causes, and release Western Surety Company of its obligations under the supersedeas bonds filed in trial court cause numbers 2018-CI-18956 and 2019-CI-14685.
This case was transferred from the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio to this Court pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
On April 24, 2020, this Court abated the appeal. We now lift the abatement and reinstate the case. Having considered the documents on file and the joint motion for judgment effectuating the parties' settlement agreement, the Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a). The joint motion is hereby GRANTED in both appellate causes. Accordingly, we VACATE the trial court's judgments in trial court cause numbers 2018-CI-18956 and 2019-CI-04685, and we DISMISS the appeals in appellate cause numbers 13-19-00489-CV and 13-19-00490-CV. The supersedeas bond filed by Western Surety Company is released and all obligations thereon are discharged. We assess costs of the appeals against appellants. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant."). Any pending motions are dismissed as moot in both appellate causes. Having dismissed the appeals at the parties' request, no motions for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandates will issue forthwith.
JAIME TIJERINA
Justice Delivered and filed the 15th day of October, 2020.