Opinion
NO. 03-17-00512-CV
10-12-2017
Pamela Johnson, Appellant v. Texas Mutual Insurance Company, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-GN-15-001439 , HONORABLE JAN SOIFER, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 1, 2017, appellant Pamela Johnson filed a notice of appeal. Johnson appeals from the trial court's denial of her "Motion to Request that the Judicial Review Be Done Under the Substantial Evidence Rule or Undefined Scope of Review."
The trial court's order denying Johnson's motion to request a specific standard of review is not one of those from which an interlocutory appeal is generally permitted, see Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a). Generally, unless otherwise authorized by statute, only final decisions of Texas trial courts are appealable. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191,195 (Tex. 2001) (explaining that judgment is final for purposes of appeal if it disposes of all pending parties and claims in record); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.012.
Upon review of the trial-court clerk's record, the Clerk of this Court sent Johnson a letter informing her that the Court appears to lack jurisdiction over the appeal for the reasons stated above and requesting a response informing us of any basis that exists for jurisdiction. Johnson has not responded. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
/s/_________
Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Field, and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: October 12, 2017