Opinion
No. 13-04-581-CV
Memorandum Opinion Delivered and Filed April 5, 2005.
On appeal from the 148th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.
Before Justices HINOJOSA, RODRIGUEZ, and CASTILLO.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants, REBECCA OLIVEIRA AND DAVID OLIVEIRA, AS NEXT FRIENDS OF DANIEL OLIVEIRA, A MINOR, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 148th District Court of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 02-683-E. A cross-appeal was perfected by Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd., d/b/a Columbia Doctors Regional Medical Center. After the record was filed and after mediation of the case, the parties filed a joint motion to sever and remand in order to effectuate settlement pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.1. In the motion, the parties state that they have entered into a settlement agreement in this matter. The parties request that the appeal between the Oliveiras and the Hospital be remanded back to the trial court in order to effectuate the terms of the settlement agreement entered into by the parties and that this Court dismiss the appeal insofar as the doctors are concerned so that the take-nothing judgment against the doctors can become final. The parties further request an expedited issuance of the mandate in this cause.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file and the parties' joint motion, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. The joint motion is granted. The judgment of the trial court as between Rebecca Oliveira and David Oliveira, as next friends of Daniel Oliveira, a minor, and Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd., d/b/a Columbia Doctors Regional Medical Center is REVERSED AND REMANDED to the trial court for effectuation of the settlement agreement. The appeal as to Alfonso M. Prado, M.D. and Peter R. Serrao, M.D. is hereby DISMISSED.