Opinion
01-22-00313-CV
07-07-2022
Team Industrial Services, Inc. v. Kelli Most, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse Henson
268th District Court of Fort Bend County Trial court case number: 18-DCV-256883
ORDER
Julie Countiss Judge
On May 25, 2022, the Fort Bend County District Clerk filed seven volumes of clerk's record and one supplemental volume of clerk's record that are sealed. The Court sent two letters to the parties, acknowledging receipt of the clerk's record and the supplemental clerk's record. The letter concerning the seven volumes of clerk's record merely stated that the clerk's record had been filed and advised of upcoming deadlines. The letter acknowledging receipt of the supplemental clerk's record, referenced this volume as "the certified SEALED clerk's record," and advised that the clerk's office would not release sealed volumes without an order from the trial court specifying who can have access to the record. The sealed volume contains three trial court orders sealing three responses to a no-evidence motion for summary judgment.
On June 2, 2022, appellants filed an unopposed motion to unseal the supplemental volume of the clerk's record. On June 7, 2022, we abated the appeal and remanded it to the trial court to hold a hearing to consider appellants' request to unseal the supplemental volume of the clerk's record. The trial court granted the unopposed motion to unseal the pleadings in the clerk's record on June 27, 2022.
We reinstate the appeal on the Court's active docket. Pursuant to the trial court's order, the supplemental volume of the clerk's record is unsealed.
It is so ORDERED.